Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 7:12
Source: Septuagint
Original
12so Eleazar, the descendant of Aaron, wasted away by the fire, did not give up his reasoning.
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10O aged man of more power than tortures, elder more vigorous than fire, greatest king over the passions, Eleazar!
11For as father Aaron, armed with a censer, hastening through the consuming fire, vanquished the flame-bearing angel,
— 4 Maccabees 7:12 —
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.
14By the spirit of reasoning, and the reasoning of Isaac, he rendered powerless the many-headed instrument.