4 Maccabees 6:22-24

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²² Therefore, O children of Abraham, die nobly for your religion! ²³ And you, guards of the tyrant, why do you delay?’

²⁴ When they saw that he was so courageous in the face of the afflictions, and that he had not been changed by their compassion, the guards brought him to the fire.