35 But she looked up to heaven while crying because she trusted the Lord.
36 The elders said, "While we were walking around the large garden by ourselves, this woman came in with two female servants. She locked the gates of the garden and sent away the female servants.
37 Then a young man, who had been hiding, came and lay with her.
38 We were in a corner of the garden, and when we saw this lawless act, we went running to them.
39 We saw them having sex, but we couldn’t hold on to the man because he was stronger than we were. He opened the gates and ran away.
40 So we grabbed this woman and asked who the young man was,
41 but she wouldn’t tell us. To this we swear."The assembly believed them because they were the people’s elders and judges. So they sentenced Susanna to death.