4 Maccabees 9:19

19 While he was saying these things, they spread fire under him, and while fanning the flames they tightened the wheel further.

4 Maccabees 9:19 In-Context

17 he replied, "You abominable lackeys, your wheel is not so powerful as to strangle my reason. Cut my limbs, burn my flesh, and twist my joints;

18 through all these tortures I will convince you that children of the Hebrews alone are invincible where virtue is concerned."

19 While he was saying these things, they spread fire under him, and while fanning the flames they tightened the wheel further.

20 The wheel was completely smeared with blood, and the heap of coals was being quenched by the drippings of gore, and pieces of flesh were falling off the axles of the machine.

21 Although the ligaments joining his bones were already severed, the courageous youth, worthy of Abraham, did not groan,

Footnotes

• [a] Meaning of Gk uncertain