4 Maccabees 6:3

3 They tied his arms behind him and began to whip him from both sides

4 Maccabees 6:3 In-Context

1 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

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.