1:40 But having taken this woman, we asked who the young man was, but she would not tell us: these things do we testify.
1:41 Then the assembly believed them as those that were the elders and judges of the people: so they condemned her to death.
1:42 Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said, O everlasting God, that knowest the secrets, and knowest all things before they be:
1:43 Thou knowest that they have borne false witness against me, and, behold, I must die; whereas I never did such things as these men have maliciously invented against me.
1:44 And the Lord heard her voice.
1:45 Therefore when she was led to be put to death, the Lord raised up the holy spirit of a young youth whose name was Daniel:
1:46 Who cried with a loud voice, I am clear from the blood of this woman.
1:47 Then all the people turned them toward him, and said, What mean these words that thou hast spoken?
1:48 So he standing in the midst of them said, Are ye such fools, ye sons of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth ye have condemned a daughter of Israel?
1:49 Return again to the place of judgment: for they have borne false witness against her.