Chapter 21
1 Therefore, when the blessed Susanna heard these words, she was pierced to the heart and barred her body, as one unwilling to be defiled by the lawless elders.
2 It is possible also to grasp truly what befell Susanna. For you may find this now being fulfilled in the Church as well.
3 For whenever the two peoples agree together to corrupt the souls of the saints, they watch for a convenient day, and entering into the house of God while all are praying there and hymning God, they lay hold of and drag off and seize certain ones, saying: Come, consent to us and worship our gods. But if not, we will testify against you. And when these are unwilling, they bring them before the vicars and accuse them of acting contrary to the decree of Caesar, and they are condemned to death.