4 Maccabees 7:14

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.

— 4 Maccabees 7:14 —

¹⁵O blessed old age, and reverend hoar head, and life obedient to the law, which the faithful seal of death perfected.

¹⁶If, then, an old man, through religion, despised tortures even unto death, confessedly religious reasoning is ruler of the passions.