10 to which binding him at his knees, and fastening them with iron fetters, they bent down his loins upon the wedge of the wheel; and his body was then dismembered, scorpion-fashion. (WEB) 11 With his breath thus confined, and his body strangled, he said, (WEB) 12 “A great favor you bestow upon us, O tyrant, by enabling us to manifest our adherence to the law by means of nobler sufferings.” (WEB)
4 Maccabees 11:10–12
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4 Maccabees 6:24–26
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