Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 6:8
Source: Septuagint
Original
8Then one of the harsh spearbearers leaped upon his belly as he was falling, to force him upright.
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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.
7And falling upon the ground, from his body having no power to support the pains, he yet kept his reasoning upright and unbending.
— 4 Maccabees 6:8 —
9But he endured the pains, and despised the cruelty, and persevered through the indignities;
10and like a noble athlete, the old man, when struck, vanquished his torturers.