4 Maccabees 9:10-12

Revised Standard Version

The Torture of the First and Second Brothers

¹⁰ When they had said these things the tyrant not only was angry, as at those who are disobedient, but also was enraged, as at those who are ungrateful. ¹¹ 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. ¹² When they had worn themselves out beating him with scourges, without accomplishing anything, they placed him upon the wheel.