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Then at his command the guards brought forward the eldest, and having torn off his tunic, they bound his hands and arms with thongs on each side.
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When they had worn themselves out beating him with scourges, without accomplishing anything, they placed him upon the wheel.
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When the noble youth was stretched out around this, his limbs were dislocated,
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and though broken in every member he denounced the tyrant, saying,
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"Most abominable tyrant, enemy of heavenly justice, savage of mind, you are mangling me in this manner, not because I am a murderer, or as one who acts impiously, but because I protect the divine law."
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.