ATU 2031A. The Esdras Chain

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Bible. The Esdras Chain

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Z42.1 [ATU 2031A] The Esdras chain: stronger and strongest, wine, king, woman truth.

ATU 2031A. THe Jewish bodyguards of the Persian king Darius discuss the question, what is the strongest thing in the world? The first thinks it is the king; the second, wine; the third, a woman. But the truth is the strongest of all.