4 Maccabees 9:16

¹⁴And with every member disjointed, he exclaimed in expostulation,

¹⁵O most accursed tyrant, and enemy of heavenly justice, and cruelhearted, I am no murderer, nor sacrilegious man, whom thou thus ill-usest; but a defender of the Divine law.

— 4 Maccabees 9:16 —

¹⁷he answered, Not so powerful, O accursed ministers, is your wheel, as to stifle my reasoning; cut my limbs, and burn my flesh, and twist my joints.

¹⁸For through all my torments I will convince you that the children of the Hebrews are alone unconquered in behalf of virtue.