4 Maccabees 7:11

⁹Thou, father, hast gloriously established our right government by thy endurance; and making of much account our service past, prevented its destruction, and, by thy deeds, hast made credible the words of philosophy.

¹⁰O aged man of more power than tortures, elder more vigorous than fire, greatest king over the passions, Eleazar!

— 4 Maccabees 7:11 —

¹²so Eleazar, the descendant of Aaron, wasted away by the fire, did not give up his reasoning.

¹³And, what is most wonderful, though an old man, though the labors of his body were now spent, and his fibers were relaxed, and his sinews worn out, he recovered youth.