5. And you think to scare us, by threatening us with death by tortures, as though you had learned nothing by the death of Eleazar.
6. But if aged men of the Hebrews have died in the cause of religion after enduring torture, more rightly should we younger men die, scorning your cruel tortures, which our aged instructor overcame.
7. Make the attempt, then, O tyrant; and if you put us to death for our religion, think not that you harm us by torturing us.
8. For we through this ill-treatment and endurance shall bear off the rewards of virtue.