4 Maccabees 5:4

4 When they rounded up many people, the guards dragged Eleazar forward as the first from the herd to stand in front of the king. He was a man from a priestly family, a legal expert, and quite old. He was known to many in the tyrant's court because he had been around for so long.

4 Maccabees 5:4 In-Context

2 He ordered his soldiers to bring the Hebrews forward one by one and to force them to eat pork and meat from animals sacrificed to idols.

3 If anyone refused to eat the forbidden meat, they were supposed to be tortured to death by being stretched on a wheel.

4 When they rounded up many people, the guards dragged Eleazar forward as the first from the herd to stand in front of the king. He was a man from a priestly family, a legal expert, and quite old. He was known to many in the tyrant's court because he had been around for so long.

5 Antiochus looked at him and said,

6 "Old man, before I begin to have you tortured, I would advise you to eat the pork and save yourself.