“Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.”
Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew. Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord. — Herodion (Herodion), syngenē mou (my kinsman/fellow Jew). Those tou oikou Narkissou (of Narcissus's household) toi kuriō (in the Lord). Narcissus was a powerful freedman under Claudius; this household contained Christians amid a pagan entourage.
Church Fathers on Romans 16:11
“Salute Herodion my kinsman; greet them which be of the household of Narcissus;” Who, it is likely, were not so worthy as the afore-mentioned, on which account also he does not mention them all by name even, and after giving them the encomium which was suited to them, that of being faithful, (and this the meaning of,) “Which are in the Lord.” He again reverts to the women, and says,
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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