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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"And a certain woman": a woman and she of low condition, from her trade too: but mark in her a woman of elevated mind. In the first place, the fact of God's calling her bears testimony to her. "And a certain woman, named Lydia, a seller of purple": observe how the writer of the history is not ashamed of the occupations of the converts: moreover neither was this city of the Philippians a great one. Having learnt these things, let us also be ashamed of no man. …
Western Saints
Bede
And a certain woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple, of the city of Thyatira, a worshipper of God, heard, etc. He says "a dealer in purple" meaning a seller of purple, as we also find in another translation, which in Greek is called πορφυρόπωλις. Properly, however, the woman who first believed with the Apostle preaching in Illyricum is said to be a dealer in purple. …
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