Common English Bible

4 Maccabees 6:1-4 Common English Bible (CEB)

1. When Eleazar had answered the tyrant’s arguments, the soldiers who were standing by hauled him off to the instruments used for torture.

2. First they tore off the old man’s clothes, though he was still decently dressed by his respect for God.

3. They tied his arms behind him and began to whip him from both sides

4. while an official kept calling out, "Obey the king’s orders!"