5
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.
3
They tied his arms behind him and began to whip him from both sides
4
while an official kept calling out, "Obey the king's orders!"
5
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.
6
The old man kept his eyes raised toward heaven while the whips tore into his flesh, ripped his sides, and made his blood flow.
7
His body fell to the ground because it couldn't stand the pain, but he kept his thinking upright and unbending.