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Verse Luke 10:40. _MARTHA WAS CUMBERED_] περιεσπατο,
_perplexed_, from περι, _about_, and σπαω, _I draw_. She was
harassed with different cares and employments at the same time; one
drawing one way,...
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MARTHA WAS CUMBERED ABOUT MUCH SERVING - Was much distracted with the
cares of the family, and providing suitably to entertain the Saviour.
It should be said here that there is no evidence that Martha...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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LABOURERS FOR THE HARVEST (Luke 10:1-16)...
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CUMBERED. distracted. Greek. _perispaomai._ Occurs only here.
ABOUT. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104.
CAME. came up.
LORD. Note the avoidance of the name "Jesus" by His disciples and
others. See...
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_cumbered about much serving_ The word for "cumbered" literally means
-was being dragged in different directions," i.e. was _distracted_(1
Corinthians 7:35). She was anxious to give her Lord a most ho...
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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...
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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...
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THE SISTERS OF BETHANY...
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ΠΕΡΙΕΣΠΑ͂ΤΟ ΠΕΡῚ ΠΟΛΛῊΝ ΔΙΑΚΟΝΊΑΝ. The
word for “cumbered” literally means ‘was being dragged in
different directions,’ i.e. was _distracted_ (1 Corinthians 7:35).
She was anxious to give her Lord a m...
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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...
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_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...
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BUT MARTHA WAS CUMBERED— The word περιεσπατο properly
signifies "to be drawn as it were different ways at the same time,"
and admirably expresses the situation of a mind surrounded by so many
objectso...
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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...
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But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and
said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve
alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
BUT MARTHA WAS CUMBER...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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MARTHA WAS CUMBERED. — Literally, _was distracted;_ drawn hither and
thither by conflicting cares.
ABOUT MUCH SERVING. — We may probably infer from this that our Lord
had been invited as an honoured g...
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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...
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_Martha and Mary_....
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ἡ δὲ Μάρ., but Martha, δὲ as if μὲν had gone before
where καὶ is = Mary on the one hand sat, etc., Martha on the
other, etc. περιεσπᾶτο, was distracted, over-occupied, as
if the visit had been unexpec...
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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...
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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...
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Calvin here ridicules the professors of evangelical poverty, because
they gather from this place that there are two states of life, viz.
the active and the contemplative, figured by Martha and Mary. B...
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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...
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_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;...
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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,...
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(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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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BUT MARTHA WAS CUMBERED ABOUT MUCH SERVING,.... "Or was drawn off",
from hearing the word, from attending on Christ; being taken up in
providing for him, and those that came with him; in dressing food...
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But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said,
Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone?
bid her therefore that she help me.
Ver. 40. _Martha was cu...
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_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...
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CUMBERED; busily occupied.
MUCH SERVING; in providing entertainment for her guests. Though
diligence in business and proper regard to family concerns are duties
which should by no means be neglected,...
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MARY AND MARTHA....
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BUT MARTHA WAS CUMBERED ABOUT MUCH SERVING, AND CAME TO HIM AND SAID,
LORD, DOST THOU NOT CARE THAT MY SISTER HATH LEFT ME TO SERVE ALONE?
BID HER THEREFORE THAT SHE HELP ME....
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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...
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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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Two things are blameable in Martha:
1. That she made too much ado about the entertainment of our Saviour.
That she entertained our Saviour she did well; but herein she erred,
that she made her entert...
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Luke 10:40 But G1161 Martha G3136 distracted G4049 (G5712) with G4012
much G4183 serving G1248 and G1161 Him...
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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...
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‘But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she came up to
him, and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to
serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me.” '
Martha, however...
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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...
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Luke 10:40. BUT MARTHA WAS HARASSED ABOUT RANCH SERVING. This was an
honored guest, and Martha did what most women of her character do in
such circumstances, bustled to prepare an entertainment, overd...
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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...
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WAS CUMBERED
(περιεσπατο). Imperfect passive of περισπαω, an old
verb with vivid metaphor, to draw around. One has sometimes seen women
whose faces are literally drawn round with anxiety, with a pe...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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LORD, DON'T YOU CARE? Martha thinks she has a problem, and she "lets
this grow" until she speaks sharply to Jesus. Sometimes we can bear
the heaviest sorrows, and then stumble over some little thing....
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_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...
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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
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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...
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_But Martha was cumbered with much serving_, _πεζιεσπα̃το
πεζί πολλὴν διακονίαν_, was drawn aside and
distracted, _i.e_. was anxious that nothing should be wanting for the
entertainment of such a gue...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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John 6:27; Jonah 4:1; Luke 12:29; Luke 9:55; Mark 3:21;...
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Was cumbered [π ε ρ ι ε σ π α τ ο]. Only here in New
Testament. The Rev. might better have inserted in the text the
marginal rendering, was distracted. The verb means, literally, to draw
from around ...
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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...
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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...
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Martha was encumbered — The Greek word properly signifies to be
drawn different ways at the same time, and admirably expresses the
situation of a mind, surrounded (as Martha's then was) with so many
o...
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Observe here, 1. Martha's behavior: SHE WAS CUMBERED ABOUT MUCH
SERVING; that is, much taken up with providing for the entertainment
of Christ and his friends; all which considered in itself was no
mi...