Consequently when she reaches Jesus she has only time to fall at His feet and exclaim, in Martha's words, Κύριε … ἀδελφός. The sight of Jesus, ἰδοῦσα αὐτόν, produced a more vehement demonstration of grief than in Martha. Cf. Cicero, in Verrem, John 11:39. “Mihi obviam venit et … mihi ad pedes misera jacuit, quasi ego excitare filium ejus ab inferis possem.” Wetstein.

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