4 Maccabees 9:27-29

Common English Bible

²⁷ Before they began to torture him, they asked if he would eat pork. When they heard his courageous answer, ²⁸ they acted like wild leopards. They ripped out his muscles with their iron claws, tore his flesh all the way up to his chin, and tore his scalp off. He bore the pain with difficulty and said: ²⁹ “Any kind of death is sweet for the sake of the godly way of life of our ancestors!” Then he said to the tyrant,