Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask." "Lord", Martha said to Jesus, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home. But where Jesus' response to Mary is more emotional, his response to Martha is one of teaching, calling her to hope and faith: This portrayal of the sisters agrees with that found in Luke 10:38–42." In speaking with Jesus, both sisters lament that he did not arrive in time to prevent their brother's death: "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died". As one commentator notes, "Martha, the more aggressive sister, went to meet Jesus, while quiet and contemplative Mary stayed home. Martha goes immediately to meet Jesus as he arrives, while Mary waits until she is called. In the account of the raising of Lazarus, Jesus meets with the sisters in turn: Martha followed by Mary. In the Gospel of John, Martha and Mary appear in connection with two incidents: the raising from the dead of their brother Lazarus (John 11) and the anointing of Jesus in Bethany (John 12:3). Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her." Christ in the house of Martha and Mary, by Henryk Siemiradzki, 1886 "Martha, Martha", the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!" But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. Īs Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. But the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges claims that it was "undoubtedly Bethany". Biblical commentator Heinrich Meyer notes that "Jesus cannot yet be in Bethany, where Martha and Mary dwelt ". The name of their village is not recorded, nor (unlike in John 11:18) is there any mention of whether Jesus was near Jerusalem. The two sisters are contrasted: Martha was "encumbered about many things" while Jesus was their guest, while Mary had chosen "the better part", that of listening to the master's discourse. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus visits the home of two sisters named Mary and Martha. Semit., 158) also in a Palmyrene inscription, where the Greek translation has the form Marthein. The name Martha is a Latin transliteration of the Koine Greek Μάρθα, itself a transliteration of the Aramaic מָרְתָא Mârtâ, "the mistress" or "the lady", from מרה "mistress", feminine of מר "master." The Aramaic form occurs in a Nabatean inscription found at Puteoli, and now in the Naples Museum it is dated AD 5 (Corpus Inscr. She was witness to Jesus resurrecting her brother, Lazarus. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem. Martha ( Hebrew: מָרְתָא) is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Tarascon, Gallia Narbonensis, Roman EmpireĬatholic Church, Eastern Christianity, Anglican Communion, Lutheran ChurchĢ9 July (Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran), 4 June (Eastern Orthodox)īutlers cooks dietitians domestic servants homemakers hotel-keepers housemaids housewives innkeepers laundry workers maids servants servers single laywomen travellers Tarascon Villajoyosa, Spain Pateros, Philippines Malagasang Segundo, Imus, Cavite, Philippines Traditionally Larnaca, Cyprus, Roman Empire Martha of Bethany on the left, Jesus at the house of Mary and Martha by Harold Copping
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