4 Maccabees 6:1-3

Revised Standard Version

Martyrdom of Eleazar

6 When Elea′zar in this manner had made eloquent response to the exhortations of the tyrant, the guards who were standing by dragged him violently to the instruments of torture. ² First they stripped the old man, who remained adorned with the gracefulness of his piety. ³ And after they had tied his arms on each side they scourged him,