4 Maccabees 6:9-11

Revised Standard Version

⁹ But he bore the pains and scorned the punishment and endured the tortures. ¹⁰ And like a noble athlete the old man, while being beaten, was victorious over his torturers; ¹¹ in fact, with his face bathed in sweat, and gasping heavily for breath, he amazed even his torturers by his courageous spirit.