Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 10:8
Source: Septuagint
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8around which his vertebral joints were loosened, and he saw his own flesh torn to shreds, and streams of blood flowing from his entrails.
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6And they dragged round his fingers, and his arms, and his legs, and his ankles.
7And not being able by any means to strangle him, they tore off his skin, together with the extreme tips of his fingers, flayed him, and then haled him to the wheel;
— 4 Maccabees 10:8 —
9And when about to die, he said,
10We, O accursed tyrant, suffer this for the sake of Divine education and virtue.