4 Maccabees · Restored Names Edition · first paragraph
1But when Eleazar replied thus eloquently to the exhortations of the tyrant, the guards around
2him dragged him roughly to the torturing place. And first they unclothed the old man, who was
3adorned with the beauty of holiness. Then binding his arms on either side they scourged him,
4a herald standing and shouting out over against him, 'Obey the orders of the king!'
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