Marcos 5:33

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. Γουνουμαι ς ’ εγωγε . Hom.