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Martha

Time-period: ❼ Jesus - (0-100 e.Kr.)
Age: -
Father: Father of Lasarus
Siblings: Lazarus, Mary



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Martha G3136
Μάρθα (Martha)
13 times in NT
Total    13 times

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Luke 10:38
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While they were on their way [to Jerusalem], Jesus entered a village [Bethany, 3 km east of Jerusalem, see John 11:1], where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest in her home.
Luke 10:40
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But Martha was distracted (stressed, her attention pulled in different directions) by all that needed to be done [Gk. poly diakonia – literally "much serving"]. She came up [interrupted Jesus' teaching] and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me alone to do all the work? Tell her to help me."
[She expects Jesus to tell Mary to help, and probably everyone else there does too; after all, it was the woman's role to prepare the food. For Martha, serving Jesus was more important than listening to him.]
Luke 10:41
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But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are stressed (have inner anxiety) about many things and are completely agitated (clattering, making noise, the inner anxiety manifests itself in outer turmoil).
John 11:1
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[The name Lazarus comes from the Hebrew name Eliezer, which means "one whom God helps." The English word "hospital" has its origin in the biblical name Lazarus.]
Now there was a man named Lazarus who was sick (weak, powerless). He was from Bethany [just outside Jerusalem], the town where Mary and her sister Martha lived.
John 11:5
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Jesus loved (selflessly gave to) Martha, her sister [Mary], and Lazarus.
John 11:19
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and many Jews (residents of Jude) had come to Martha and Mary to comfort (sympathize with, encourage) them in their grief over their brother [Lazarus' death].
[According to Jewish burial tradition, the dead were buried within 24 hours. The family then observed a seven-day mourning period, followed by thirty days of less intense mourning. A year later, when the body had decayed, the eldest son was responsible for moving the bones from the tomb to an ossuary.]
John 11:20
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When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet (confront, question) him, while Mary remained in the house.
John 11:21
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Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother [Lazarus] would not have died.
John 11:24
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Martha answered him, "I know (have a clear understanding of) that he will rise again, at the resurrection on the last (final) day."
John 11:30
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Jesus had not yet entered the village but remained in the place where Martha had met (confronted) him.
John 11:39
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He said, "Take away the stone!" Then Martha, the sister of the dead man, said, "Lord, by now he smells, for he has been dead four days."
John 12:2
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[John's focus is on Jesus the King. He does not begin the last week as the other Gospels do, with the entry into Jerusalem, but with Jesus being anointed. Note that John does not specify in which house or on which day the supper is held. Since the news of his arrival had spread to Jerusalem, see verse 9, it is likely that it is not the same evening. It may be the next day or even two days before Easter, in which case it is the same event described in Matt. 26:6 and Mark 14:3. In addition to being anointed here in Jerusalem before his death, he was also anointed a few years earlier in Galilee, see Luke 7:36–50.]
There they prepared a dinner (evening meal) for Jesus. Martha served them, and Lazarus was one of those who were always at the table.