46. and he cried aloud: “I am innocent of this woman’s blood.”
47. All the people turned and asked him, “What are you saying?”
48. He stood in their midst and said, “Are you such fools, you Israelites, to condemn a daughter of Israel without investigation and without clear evidence?
49. Return to court, for they have testified falsely against her.”
50. Then all the people returned in haste. To Daniel the elders said, “Come, sit with us and inform us, since God has given you the prestige of old age.”
51. But he replied, “Separate these two far from one another, and I will examine them.”
52. After they were separated from each other, he called one of them and said: “How you have grown evil with age! Now have your past sins come to term: