4 Maccabees 6:10

10 Like an honorable athlete in the games, the old man defeated his torturers while they were beating him up.

4 Maccabees 6:10 In-Context

8 One of the cruel guards rushed up to him and started kicking him in his side to make him stand up again.

9 But Eleazar endured the pain, ignored the agony, and put up with the suffering.

10 Like an honorable athlete in the games, the old man defeated his torturers while they were beating him up.

11 His face dripping with sweat and gasping for breath, he amazed even the torturers with his courage.

12 Some members of the king's staff were moved by Eleazar's situation, partly out of pity for his old age,