33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
Ver. 33. Came and fell down] sc. Upon her knees, and at his knees, as suppliants used also to do among the heathens; who therefore consecrated the knees to mercy. Genua miseriae consignavit antiquitas.
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