5
But the courageous and noble man, as a true Eleazar, was unmoved, as though being tortured in a dream;
6
yet while the old man's eyes were raised to heaven, his flesh was being torn by scourges, his blood flowing, and his sides were being cut to pieces.
7
And though he fell to the ground because his body could not endure the agonies, he kept his reason upright and unswerving.
8
One of the cruel guards rushed at him and began to kick him in the side to make him get up again after he fell.
9
But he bore the pains and scorned the punishment and endured the tortures.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.