4 Maccabees 9:18-20

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Through all of this suffering, I will persuade you that the Israelites alone can’t be defeated when it comes to moral character!” ¹⁹ While he was still saying these words, they spread fiery coals below him. They fanned the flames and tightened the wheel even more. ²⁰ By this point, the wheel was covered in blood, the burning coals were being put out by the gory drippings, and chunks of flesh were falling off parts of the machine.