2 Maccabees 6:24

24 Such deception is not worthy of a man of my years. Many young people would think that I had denied my faith after I was ninety years old.

2 Maccabees 6:24 In-Context

23 But Eleazar made a decision worthy of his gray hair and advanced age. All his life he had lived in perfect obedience to God's holy laws, so he replied, "Kill me, here and now.

24 Such deception is not worthy of a man of my years. Many young people would think that I had denied my faith after I was ninety years old.

25 If I pretended to eat this meat, just to live a little while longer, it would bring shame and disgrace on me and lead many young people astray.

26 For the present I might be able to escape what you could do to me, but whether I live or die, I cannot escape Almighty God.