Daniel 13:54-56
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
54 Now then, if you really saw this woman, tell me this: Under what tree did you see them being intimate with each other?” He answered, “Under a mastic tree.”[a] 55 And Daniel said, “Very well! This lie has cost you your head, for the angel of God has received the sentence from God and will immediately cut[b] you in two.”
56 Then, putting him to one side, he ordered them to bring the other. And he said to him, “You offspring of Canaan and not of Judah, beauty has beguiled you and lust has perverted your heart.
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- Daniel 13:54 The Greek words for mastic tree and cut are similar, thus forming an ironic wordplay
- Daniel 13:55 The Greek words for mastic tree and cut are similar, thus forming an ironic wordplay
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