The History of Susanna
Daniel's cross-examination exposes two lying elders and clears Susanna.
Susanna is an Apocryphal addition to the Book of Daniel, absent from the Hebrew text of Daniel used in most Protestant Bibles, telling how two lustful elders falsely accuse the virtuous Susanna of adultery after she rejects their advances. The young Daniel proves her innocence by cross-examining the two men separately, a courtroom drama with the moral urgency found in Isaiah's calls for justice. Start at Susanna chapter 1 to read the full account.
About Susanna
Susanna is an Apocryphal addition to the Book of Daniel, included in the King James Version with Apocrypha but not found in the Hebrew text of Daniel used in most Protestant Bibles. It recounts how two lustful elders falsely accuse the virtuous Susanna of adultery after she rejects their advances, and how the young Daniel proves her innocence and their guilt by interrogating the two men separately and exposing the contradictions in their testimony. Read Susanna online here, verse by verse.