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When Eleazar had answered the tyrant's arguments, the soldiers who were standing by hauled him off to the instruments used for torture.
2
First they tore off the old man's clothes, though he was still decently dressed by his respect for God.
3
They tied his arms behind him and began to whip him from both sides
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while an official kept calling out, "Obey the king's orders!"
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But Eleazar was dignified and generous. He experienced the truth of his name and seemed like a person being tortured only in a dream. He didn't change his resolve in any way.