Martha. Martha of Bethany is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John.
Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem. She was witness to Jesus resurrecting her brother, Lazarus.
The Aramaic form occurs in a Nabatean inscription found at Puteoli, and now in the Naples Museum; it is dated AD 5; also in a Palmyrene inscription, where the Greek translation has the form Marthein. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus visits the home of two sisters named Mary and Martha.
The two sisters are contrasted: Martha was cumbered about many things while Jesus was their guest, while Mary had chosen the better part, that of listening to the master's discourse. The name of their village is not recorded, nor is there any mention of whether Jesus was near Jerusalem.
Biblical commentator Heinrich Meyer notes that Jesus cannot yet be in Bethany, where Martha and Mary dwelt. but the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges claims that it was undoubtedly Bethany. As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by
Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem. She was witness to Jesus resurrecting her brother, Lazarus.
The Aramaic form occurs in a Nabatean inscription found at Puteoli, and now in the Naples Museum; it is dated AD 5; also in a Palmyrene inscription, where the Greek translation has the form Marthein. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus visits the home of two sisters named Mary and Martha.
The two sisters are contrasted: Martha was cumbered about many things while Jesus was their guest, while Mary had chosen the better part, that of listening to the master's discourse. The name of their village is not recorded, nor is there any mention of whether Jesus was near Jerusalem.
Biblical commentator Heinrich Meyer notes that Jesus cannot yet be in Bethany, where Martha and Mary dwelt. but the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges claims that it was undoubtedly Bethany. As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by
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