4 Maccabees 9:27
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
And when, on enquiring whether he would eat before he was tortured, they heard his noble sentiment,
Greek · Brenton
Ὡς δὲ, εἰ φαγεῖν βούλοιτο πρὶν βασανίζεσθαι πυνθανόμενοι, τὴν εὐγενῆ γνώμην ἤκουσαν·