FreeTDS Development Group

[Leon Brooks <leon AT cclinic.com.au>]

On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 02:12, Brian Bruns wrote:
>> Lydia I presume to be a function of her progenitors.

> Let's see...Lydia from Beetle Juice ("I am alone...crumple...I am utterly
> alone").  Lydia the Tatooed lady.  Lydia Lunch (for those who remember the
> 1980's punk scene).  Did i miss any?

    And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of
    Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord
    opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

    Acts 16:14, KJV
    (http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=ACTS+16:14&version=KJV)

`Purple' was a very expensive dye (think royalty) made from little shellfish. 
This Lydia would have been quite wealthy. Acts 16:40 implies that her house 
had plenty of accomodation, and Thyatira was at the time a burgeoning trade 
centre.

Cheers; Leon

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