Susanna 55-57
Revised Standard Version
55 And Daniel said, “Very well! You have lied against your own head, for the angel of God has received the sentence from God and will immediately cut[a] you in two.”
56 Then he put him aside, and commanded them to bring the other. And he said to him, “You offspring of Canaan and not of Judah, beauty has deceived you and lust has perverted your heart. 57 This is how you both have been dealing with the daughters of Israel, and they were intimate with you through fear; but a daughter of Judah would not endure your wickedness.
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- Susanna 1:55 The Greek words for mastic tree and cut are so similar that the use of cut is ironic wordplay
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