Anf-01 ii.ii.xii Pg 2
Josh. ii.; Heb. xi. 31.
Moreover, they gave her a sign to this effect, that she should hang forth from her house a scarlet thread. And thus they made it manifest that redemption should flow through the blood of the Lord to all them that believe and hope in God.54 54 Others of the Fathers adopt the same allegorical interpretation, e.g., Justin Mar., Dial. c. Tryph., n. 111; Irenæus, Adv. Hær., iv. 20. [The whole matter of symbolism under the law must be more thoroughly studied if we would account for such strong language as is here applied to a poetical or rhetorical figure.]
Ye see, beloved, that there was not only faith, but prophecy, in this woman.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 2
VERSE (25) - Jos 2:1 Mt 1:5
