4 Maccabees 11:18-20

Common English Bible

¹⁸ They stretched him tight until his back broke, and they roasted him from underneath with fire. ¹⁹ They ran sharp spits, which they had heated in the fire, through his ribs and burned through his guts. ²⁰ In the middle of this torture he said, “This contest is suitable for our godly way of life. So many of us brothers have been called to an arena of suffering because we respect God and we remain undefeated! We haven’t been defeated in this contest!