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Then Susanna sighed, and said, “I am trapped; for if I do this thing, it is death to me. If I don’t do it, I can’t escape your hands.
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Verse 22. Death of the soul, (Saint Jerome) and also of the body, if the adultery were detected. How much does Susanna surpass the famed Lucretia, who slew herself to shew that she had not consented to her violation! Si adultera cur laudata? Si pudica cur occisa? Saint Augustine de Civ. Dei. i. 19. Saint Ambrose de Sp. iii. 3. Calmet.
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