1 Now this one endured this praiseworthy
death. The third was brought along,
and exhorted by many to taste and save his life.

2 But he cried out and said, “Don’t you
know thatthe father ofthose who are dead
is my father also, and thatthe same mother
bore me, and that I was brought up in the same way?

3 I don’t renounce the noble relationship
of my kindred.

4 Now then, whatever instrument of
vengeance you have, apply it to my body,
for you aren’t able to touch my soul, even
if you want to.”

5 But they, highly incensed at his boldness
of speech, dislocated his hands and
feet with racking engines, and wrenching
them from their sockets, dismembered him.

6 They dragged around his fingers, his
arms, his legs, and his ankles.

7 Not being able by any means to strangle
him, they tore off his skin, together with
the extreme tips of his fingers, and then
dragged him to the wheel,

8 around which his vertebral joints were
loosened, and he saw his own flesh torn to
shreds, and streams of blood flowing from
his entrails.

9 When about to die, he said,

10 “We, O accursed tyrant, suffer this for
the sake of Divine education and virtue.