Chapter 24

¹ Now while these things were happening, the Scripture says: And Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and the two elders also cried out against her.

² To whom, then, did Susanna cry out, but to God, as Isaiah also says: Then you shall cry out, and God will hearken to you; while you are still speaking he will say, Behold, I am here.

³ And the two elders also cried out against her. For the lawless do not cease crying out against us and saying: Away with such a one from the earth; for it is not fitting that they should live.

⁴ And one of them ran and opened the doors of the garden, pointing out the broad and spacious way, through which those who obey them perish.

⁵ For the girls revealed to us the narrow and side door, through which they themselves also went out.