38
We were in a corner of the garden, and when we saw this wickedness we ran to them.
39
We saw them embracing, but we could not hold the man, for he was too strong for us, and he opened the doors and dashed out.
40
So we seized this woman and asked her who the young man was, but she would not tell us. These things we testify."
41
The assembly believed them, because they were elders of the people and judges; and they condemned her to death.
42
Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said, "O eternal God, who dost discern what is secret, who art aware of all things before they come to be,
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