39. We saw them lying together, but the man we could not hold, because he was stronger than we; he opened the gates and ran off.
40. Then we seized this one and asked who the young man was,
41. but she refused to tell us. We testify to this.” The assembly believed them, since they were elders and judges of the people, and they condemned her to death.
42. But Susanna cried aloud: “Eternal God, you know what is hidden and are aware of all things before they come to be:
43. you know that they have testified falsely against me. Here I am about to die, though I have done none of the things for which these men have condemned me.”
44. The Lord heard her prayer.
45. As she was being led to execution, God stirred up the holy spirit of a young boy named Daniel,
46. and he cried aloud: “I am innocent of this woman’s blood.”