Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 6:7
Source: Septuagint
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7And falling upon the ground, from his body having no power to support the pains, he yet kept his reasoning upright and unbending.
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5But Eleazar, the high-minded and truly noble, as one tortured in a dream, regarded it not at all.
6But raising his eyes on high to heaven, the old man’s flesh was stripped off by the scourges, and his blood streamed down, and his sides were pierced through.
— 4 Maccabees 6:7 —
8Then one of the harsh spearbearers leaped upon his belly as he was falling, to force him upright.
9But he endured the pains, and despised the cruelty, and persevered through the indignities;