LUKE 10:41-42 merimna|/j kai. qoruba,zh| peri. polla,( e`no.j de, evstin crei,a {C} The rare verb qoruba,zesqai (î3, 45, 75 a B C D L W Q ¦ 1 _al_) seems t...
Verse Luke 10:42. _ONE THING IS NEEDFUL_] This is the end of the sentence, according to _Bengel_. "Now Mary hath chosen, c.," begins a new one. One single dish, the simplest and plainest possible, is...
BUT ONE THING IS NEEDFUL - That is, religion, or piety. This is eminently and especially needful. Other things are of little importance. This should be secured first, and then all other things will be...
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...
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...
LABOURERS FOR THE HARVEST (Luke 10:1-16)...
ONE THING, &c.. of one of [them] is there need. Not the unspiritual idea of "one dish", as there were not two or more as in our days. The Lord referred not to Martha's serving, but to her over-care....
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...
THE SISTERS OF BETHANY...
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...
ἙΝῸΣ ΔΈ ἘΣΤΙΝ ΧΡΕΊΑ. The context should sufficiently have excluded the very bald, commonplace, and unspiritual meaning which has been attached to this verse,—that only _one dish_ was _requisite_, or t...
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...
DISCOURSE: 1518 ONE THING NEEDFUL Luke 10:42. _One thing is needful_ HERE we are introduced, as it were, into the bosom of a holy family; and hear, in part at least, the instructions given to them: “...
DISCOURSE: 1517 MARTHA AND MARY’S CHARACTERS COMPARED Luke 10:41. _Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: but one thing is needful: and Mar...
BUT ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:— _"There is one thing_ absolutely _necessary,_ and of infinitely greater importance than any of those domestic and secular affairs; even the care to have the soul instructed...
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...
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. BUT ONE THING IS NEEDFUL. The idea of 'Short work and little of it sufficeth for Me' is not so...
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...
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,...
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...
BUT ONE THING IS NEEDFUL] 'There is no need of an elaborate meal. A few dishes or even one would suffice. Indeed, only one portion is really necessary, that which Mary has chosen, to listen to Me.' Ou...
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...
BUT ONE THING IS NEEDFUL. — Some of the better MSS. present a singular various-reading, _There is need of few things, or of one only._ It is obvious that this might be taken either literally or spirit...
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...
ὀλίγων δέ ἐστιν χρεία ἢ ἑνός. With this reading the sense is: there is need of few things (material); then, with a pause or rather of one thing (spiritual). Thus Jesus passes, as was His wont, easily...
_Martha and Mary_....
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...
_One thing is necessary. Some think that Christ's meaning was, that Martha was preparing many dishes, when one was sufficient. But others, that this one thing necessary, was to learn, and comply with...
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...
VERS. 41, 42. _The Answer._ Jesus replies to the reproach of Martha by charging her with exaggeration in the activity which she is putting forth. If she has so much trouble, it is because she wishes i...
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,...
REFLECTIONS Reader! in pondering the several weighty and important things contained in this chapter, let us both look again and again to the Almighty Author of his holy word, to accompany our reading...
(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...
42._But one thing is necessary. _Some give a very meager interpretation of these words, as if they meant that one sort of dish is enough. (258) Others make ingenious inquiries, but beside the purpose,...
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...
BUT ONE THING IS NEEDFUL,.... Meaning not that one dish of meat was sufficient, and there was no need of any more, in opposition to Martha's carefulness in preparing many; for this is too low a sense...
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. Ver. 42. _But one thing is necessary_] That _bonum hominis, _ good of humanity, Micah 6:8, that...
_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...
ONE THING IS NEEDFUL; needful especially, above all other things. THAT GOOD PART; the favor of God, through love and obedience to his commands. SHALL NOT BE TAKEN AWAY; JOB 17:9; JOHN 4:14; John 10:2...
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 10:42 But G1161 thing G1520 is G2076 (G5748) needed G5532 and G1161 Mary G3137 chosen G1586 ...
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...
“But one thing is needful (some see it as ‘only one course of food is needful'), for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” He then points out that Mary is busy about...
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 10:42. BUT THERE IS NEED OF ONE THING. A few authorities omit: ‘and troubled about many things' and this clause also; a number of others read here: ‘of few things, or of one.' We vary the order f...
THE GOOD PORTION (την αγαθην μεριδα). The best dish on the table, fellowship with Jesus. This is the spiritual application of the metaphor of the dishes on the table. Salvation is not "the good por...
Luke 10:41 The Good Part of Mary. I. It would appear from this incident, on our Saviour's own authority, that there are two ways of serving Him by active business and by quiet adoration. Not as if Hi...
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...
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...
YOU ARE WORRIED AND TROUBLED OVER SO MANY THINGS. The Africans have a proverb: _"Don't sell your elephant to buy medicine for your cat. "_ BUT JUST ONE IS NEEDED. The important thing was the "bread of...
_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...
THE ONE THING NEEDFUL But one thing is needful. Luke 10:42. You all know what it is to have special friends. You know how you love to go and see them, and how happy you are when they come to visit...
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...
_But one thing is needfull_. The Greek has _ε̉νὸς δέ ε̉στιν χζεία_; and this "one thing" Christ places in opposition to the "many things" about which Martha was troubled. What then is this one thing...
_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 13:3; 1 John 5:11; 1 John 5:12; 1 Peter 1:4; 1 Peter 1:5
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...
Mary hath chosen the good part — To save her soul. Reader, hast thou?...