And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she prevailed upon us.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
and receives the Apostles with such earnestness of entreaty; with more than that used by Abraham. And she speaks of no other token than that whereby she was saved Genesis 18:3: she says not, If you have judged me a great, a devout woman; but what? faithful to the Lord: if to the Lord, much more to you. If you have judged me: if you do not doubt it. And she says not, Abide with me, but, Come into my house and abide: with great earnestness (she says it). Indeed a faithful woman!— A certain damsel possessed with a spirit of Python.