Sat at Jesus’ feet - This was the ancient posture of disciples or learners. They sat at the “feet” of their teachers - that is, beneath them, in a humble place. Hence, Paul is represented as having been brought up at the “feet” of Gamaliel, Acts 22:3. When it is said that Mary sat at Jesus’ feet, it means that she was “a disciple” of his; that she listened attentively to his instructions, and was anxious to learn his doctrine.
Verse 39. _SAT AT JESUS' FEET_] This was the posture of the Jewish scholars, while listening to the instructions of the rabbins. It is in this sense that St. Paul says he was _brought up at the FEET_...
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The Seventy Appointed. (Luke 10:1)_ 2. The Return of the Seventy and the True Rejoicing. (Luke 10:17) 3. Jesus Rejoiced in Spirit. (Luke 10:21) 4. The Question of the Lawyer. ...
MARTHA AND MARY (Lk. only). Perhaps the connexion is that after charity comes faith. The next duty after love of one's neighbour is that of listening to the Gospel. The contemplative life is the compl...
LABOURERS FOR THE HARVEST (Luke 10:1-16)...
As they journeyed, Jesus entered into a village. A woman called Martha received him into her house. She had a sister called Mary, and she sat at Jesus' feet and kept listening to his word. Martha was...
MARY. App-100. ALSO SAT. sat also. SAT. seated herself. Greek. _parakathizo._ Occurs only here in N.T. Mary always misunderstood, but always found "at the Lord's feet"; (1) her want of care, Compare...
_which also sat at Jesus_" _feet_ The "also" shews that Mary too, in her way, was no less anxious to give Jesus a fitting reception. Here, in one or two lines, we have a most clear sketch of the contr...
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
THE SISTERS OF BETHANY...
Ἣ ΚΑῚ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΘΕΣΘΕΙ͂ΣΑ ΠΡῸΣ ΤΟῪΣ ΠΌΔΑΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ. The “also” shews that Mary too, in her way, was no less anxious to give Jesus a fitting reception. Here, in one or two lines, we have a most clear sk...
Ver 38. Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 39. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at...
_JESUS VISITS MARTHA AND MARY -- LUKE 10:38-42:_ As Jesus and His disciples were traveling they went into the home of a man named Lazarus, of Bethany; his sisters were Mary and Martha. Martha welcomed...
ΤΉΔΕ _dat. fem. sing. от_ όδε, вот эта (RG, 696). ΚΑΛΟΎΜΕΝΗ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΚΑΛΈΩ (G2564) звать; _pass._ носить имя. ΠΑΡΑΚΑΘΕΣΘΕΪΣΑ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. (temp.) пот. fem. sing. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚ...
NOW IT CAME TO PASS, &C.— _Now,_ &c. _As they journied._ Our Lord in his way to Jerusalem, whither he was going to celebrate the feast of dedication, spent a night at Bethany, the village of Martha an...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Prescribing Knowledge (Luke 10:38-42) 38 Now as they went on their way, he entered a village; and a woman named Martha received him into her house. 39And she had a sister...
And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. AND SHE HAD A SISTER CALLED MARY, WHICH ALSO - or 'who for her part,' as Webster and Wilkinson put it, as oppos...
25 A lawyer, or one versed in the law of Moses, especially in making it a burden for others than themselves (Luk_11:46), would naturally be interested in the Lord's opinion as to what deeds would meri...
10:39 Jesus (a-17) Many read 'the Lord.'...
MARY] Not identical with Mary Magdalene, or the 'sinner' (Luke 7:37). AT JESUS' (RV 'the Lord's) feet] Jesus was reclining on a couch for the meal, with His head towards the table and His feet stretch...
JESUS AT THE HOUSE OF MARTHA AND MARY (peculiar to Lk). It is a striking confirmation of the historic truth of the Fourth Gospel, that the characters of the two sisters—the busy, active, hospitable Ma...
THE SEVENTY. THE GOOD SAMARITAN. MARTHA AND MARY 1-16. Choice and mission of the Seventy (peculiar to Lk). Another step in the organisation of the Church. The Seventy receive a subordinate commission,...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 10 JESUS SENDS OUT MORE *DISCIPLES 10:1-12 V1 After this, the *Lord chose 72 other *disciples and sent them out in pairs. He told them to go ahead of...
A SISTER CALLED MARY, WHICH ALSO SAT AT JESUS’ FEET. — The better MSS. give, “at the Lord’s feet.” Few readers can fail to notice the identity of character here and in the entirely independent narrati...
CHAPTER 20 THE TWO SISTERS. Luke 10:38 AT first sight it appears as if our Evangelist had departed from the orderly arrangement of which he speaks in his prelude, in thus linking this domestic scene...
_Martha and Mary_....
Μαρία, socially subordinate (inferrible from the manner of reference), though the spiritual heroine of the tale. ἣ καὶ : the force of the καὶ is not clear, and has been variously explained. Grotius re...
LEARNING THE LORD'S SECRETS Luke 10:38-42; Luke 11:1-4 This Bethany idyl follows the story of the Good Samaritan naturally. The village lay at the end of the long pass from Jericho. Love must have it...
The mission of the seventy is recorded only by Luke. They went forth, sent by Jesus. They returned glad in the victories they had wrought in His name. He received them, and declared to them the whole...
MARTHA AND MARY Luke 10:38-42 “ _And it came to pass_, _while they were going along_, _He came into a certain village_, _and a certain woman_, _by name Martha_, _received Him into her house_; _and the...
_Martha's Complaint._ It is probably the indefinite expression of Luke, _into a certain village_, which John means to define by the words: _Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha_, Luke 11:1;...
5. _Martha and Mary: Luke 10:38-42_. Here is one of the most exquisite scenes which Gospel tradition has preserved to us; it has been transmitted by Luke alone. What surprises us in the narrative is,...
(38) Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman, named Martha, received him into her house. (39) And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
_THE TWO SISTERS_ ‘Now it came to pass, as they went, that He entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received Him into her house,’ etc. Luke 10:38 This home of the two sis...
The mission of the seventy follows in chapter 10, a mission important in its character for the development of the ways of God. This character is, in fact, different in some respects from that of the b...
AND SHE HAD A SISTER CALLED MARY,.... Which also was a common name with the Jews, and is the same with Miriam; so we read of Mary, the daughter of Nicodemon, the same perhaps with Nicodemus; and the s...
And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. Ver. 39. _Sat at Jesus' feet_] As his disciples, Acts 22:3. So the children of the prophets of old, whence that ex...
_It came to pass as they went_ As they journeyed to Jerusalem, whither it seems he was going to celebrate the feast of dedication: _he entered into a certain village_ Namely, Bethany, nigh to Jerusale...
AND SHE HAD A SISTER CALLED MARY, WHICH ALSO SAT AT JESUS' FEET AND HEARD HIS WORD....
MARY AND MARTHA....
THE SENDING OF SEVENTY OTHERS (vs.1-16) As we progress in this Gospel, earthly things tend to recede and heaven comes gradually more into view, specially following the transfiguration (ch.9:8-36) an...
38-42 A good sermon is not the worse for being preached in a house; and the visits of our friends should be so managed, as to make them turn to the good of their souls. Sitting at Christ's feet, sign...
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Luke 10:39 And G2532 she G3592 had G2258 (G5713) sister G79 called G2564 (G5746) Mary G3137 who...
‘And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord's feet, and heard his word.' But while Martha was busy preparing the meal, wanting to give the Lord the best she could, Mary her sister sat...
AT HOME WITH MARTHA AND MARY (10:38-42). As Luke is building up to the eventual giving of the Lord's Prayer (Luke 11:1) we have seen how He has prepared for ‘Father' (Luke 10:21; Luke 11:11), and ‘Hal...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
CIRCUMSTANCES. There can be little doubt that the persons here spoken of were the _sisters of Lazarus,_ that the place was _Bethany,_ and the time near the feast of Dedication. The two persons have no...
Luke 10:39. MARY. The woman, whose subsequent act of love was promised a memory as wide as the spread of the gospel (Matthew 26:13). SAT DOWN AT THE LORD'S FEET. Not as He reclined at table, for the...
WHICH ALSO SAT (η κα παρακαθεσθεισα). First aorist passive participle of παρακαθεζομα, an old verb, but only here in the N.T. It means to sit beside (παρα) and προς means right in front of the feet...
Luke 10:38. Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary which also sat at...
Luke 10:25. _And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy hear...
CONTENTS: The 70 sent out. Jesus denounces Judgment on cities. Parable of the good Samaritan. Martha and Mary entertain Jesus. CHARACTERS: Jesus, 70 witnesses, Satan, lawyer, Martha, Mary. CONCLUSION...
Luke 10:1. _The Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two._ This was after the twelve had returned, and brought reports of the eager cries of the people for the word of life. Some o...
WHO SAT DOWN AT THE FEET OF THE LORD. We see Martha "rushing around," preparing the meal; while Mary sits at his feet, listening to his teaching. But there is not as much difference between the two wo...
_Martha received Him into her house_ CHRIST’S VISIT TO MARTHA AND MARY I. THE CONDUCT OF CHRIST IS TO BE CONSIDERED. 1. It is observable that as soon as He entered the house, He attended to the gre...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 10:38 VILLAGE. Bethany (see John 12:1; see note on John 11:1). who sat at the Lord’s feet
CHAPTER 10 VER. 1. _After these things the Lord also._ Seventy-two. Vulgate. Dorotheus and others profess to give their names, but Eusebius declares that he knew of no written list of these seventy di...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 10:38. A CERTAIN VILLAGE.—There can be no doubt that this was Bethany, and that the persons mentioned were sisters of Lazarus. The names are not only the same, but the words and...
EXPOSITION LUKE 10:1 _The mission of the seventy. The Lord_'_s words to them of instruction and direction and warning._ LUKE 10:1 AFTER THESE THINGS THE LORD APPOINTED OTHER SEVENTY ALSO. That is...
Now in chapter 10, we read of this commissioning in the sending forth of the seventy, in the contrast to the twelve of chapter 9. After these things (Luke 10:1) Now He is on His way towards Jerusale...
1 Corinthians 7:32; Acts 22:3; Deuteronomy 33:3; Luke 2:46; Luke 8:35;
Sat [π α ρ α κ α θ ε σ θ ε ι σ α]. Only here in New Testament. Lit., sat beside [π α ρ α]....
MARTHA AND MARY Luke 10:38 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. We have before us the human Christ. When we say the human Christ, we do not mean that He was a continuation of the Adamic race and nature. Adam was t...
AT JESUS' FEET Luke 10:38 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The subject which we have for this study is appealing inasmuch as it calls the Christian into his proper attitude toward the Lord. Where would we rather...
Observe, 1. Both these sisters were holy and devout women, both had an honor and reverence for Christ, and both are forward to entertain him; these were sisters by grace as well as by nature; yea they...