Here's a short story:

CHAPTER XIII 

WOE, WOE TO JERUSALEM 

Two more years went by, two dreadful, bloody years. In Jerusalem the factions tore each other. In Galilee let the Jewish leader Josephus, under whom Caleb was fighting, do what he would, Vespasian and his generals stormed city after city, massacring their inhabitants by thousands and tens of thousands. In the coast towns and elsewhere Syrians and Jews made war. The Jews assaulted Gadara and Gaulonitis, Sebaste and Ascalon, Anthedon and Gaza, putting many to the sword. Then came their own turn, for the Syrians and Greeks rose upon them and slaughtered them without mercy. As yet, however, there had been no blood shed in Tyre, though all knew that it must come. The Essenes, who had been driven from their home by the Dead Sea and taken refuge in Jerusalem, sent messengers to Miriam warning her to flee from Tyre, where a massacre was being planned; warning her also not to come to Jerusalem, which city they believed to be doomed, but to escape, if possible over sea. Nor was this all, for her own people, the Christians, besought her to fly for her life's sake with them to the city of Pella, where they were gathering from Jerusalem and all Judæa. To both Miriam answered that what her grandsire did, that she must do. If he fled, she would fly; if he stayed at Tyre, she would stay; if he went to Jerusalem, she would go; for he had been good to her and she had sworn that while he lived she would not desert him. So the Essene messengers went back to Jerusalem, and the Christian elders prayed with her, and having blessed her and consigned her to the care of the Most High and His Son, their Lord, departed to Pella, where, as it was fated, through all those dreadful times not a hair of their heads was touched.  (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: Who had been driven from their home bye the Dead Sea?
Guess: The Essenes

Question: Where did they take refuge?
Guess: Jerusalem

Question: Who did they send messengers to?
Guess: Miriam

Question: Who made war in the coast towns and other places?
Guess: Syrians and Jews

Question: Was there blood shed in Tyre?
Guess: had been no blood shed in Tyre

Question: What did the messengers warn Miriam to do?
Guess: to flee from Tyre

Question: What did Miriam answer?
Guess: answered that what her grandsire did, that she must do

Question: So where did the Essene messengers go back to?
Guess: Jerusalem

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: And which elders prayed with her?

Christian elders