4 Maccabees 9:31

²⁹How sweet is every form of death for the religion of our fathers! and he said to the tyrant,

³⁰Thinkest thou not, most cruel of all tyrants, that thou art now tortured more than I, finding thy overweening conception of tyranny conquered by our patience in behalf of our religion?

— 4 Maccabees 9:31 —

³²But thou art tortured with threatenings for impiety; and thou shalt not escape, most corrupt tyrant, the vengeance of Divine wrath.