4 Maccabees 9:9-11

Revised Standard Version

⁹ but you, because of your bloodthirstiness toward us, will deservedly undergo from the divine justice eternal torment by fire.”

The Torture of the First and Second Brothers

¹⁰ When they had said these things the tyrant not only was angry, as at those who are disobedient, but also was enraged, as at those who are ungrateful. ¹¹ Then at his command the guards brought forward the eldest, and having torn off his tunic, they bound his hands and arms with thongs on each side.