Dict: all - MARTHA

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MARTHA OF BETHANY @ sister of Lazarus and Mary- kjv@Luke:10:40; kjv@John:11:1,20,39; kjv@John:12:2 - "The Worried Housekeeper" Characteristics of - Hospitality- kjv@Luke:10:38 - Energy- kjv@Luke:10:40; kjv@John:11:20 - Anxious care- kjv@Luke:10:40 - Spiritual Knowledge- kjv@John:11:24 - Faith- kjv@John:11:27 Notable Women, WOMEN

smith:

MARTHA - M>@ - (a lady), the sister of Lazarus and Mary. LAZARUS The facts recorded in Luke:10 and John:11 indicate a character devout after the customary Jewish type of devotion, sharing in Messianic hopes and accepting Jesus as the Christ. When she first comes before us, kjv@Luke:10:38) her spirit is "cumbered with much serving," is "careful and troubled about many things." Her love, though imperfect in its form, is yet recognized as true, and she has the distinction of being one whom Jesus loved. kjv@John:11:5) Her position is obviously that of the elder sister the head and manager of the household. In the supper at Bethany kjv@John:12:2) the old character shows itself still, but it has been freed from evil. She is no longer "cumbered," no longer impatient. Activity has been calmed by trust.

easton:

Martha @ bitterness, the sister of Lazarus and Mary, and probably the eldest of the family, who all resided at Bethany kjv@Luke:10:38-40, 41; kjv@John:11:1-39). From the residence being called "her house," some have supposed that she was a widow, and that her brother and sister lodged with her. She seems to have been of an anxious, bustling spirit, anxious to be helpful in providing the best things for the Master's use, in contrast to the quiet earnestness of Mary, who was more concerned to avail herself of the opportunity of sitting at his feet and learning of him. Afterwards at a supper given to Christ and his disciples in her house "Martha served." Nothing further is known of her. "Mary and Martha are representatives of two orders of human character. One was absorbed, preoccupied, abstracted; the other was concentrated and single-hearted. Her own world was the all of Martha; Christ was the first thought with Mary. To Martha life was 'a succession of particular businesses;' to Mary life 'was rather the flow of one spirit.' Martha was Petrine, Mary was Johannine. The one was a well-meaning, bustling busybody; the other was a reverent disciple, a wistful listener." Paul had such a picture as that of Martha in his mind when he spoke of serving the Lord "without distraction" ( kjv@1Corinthians:7:35).

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MARTHA @
- Sister of Mary and Lazarus kjv@John:11:1
- Ministers to Jesus kjv@Luke:10:38-42; kjv@John:12:2
- Beloved by Jesus kjv@John:11:5
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See LAZARUS
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See MARY

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hitchcock:

kjv@STRING:Martha <HITCHCOCK>@ who becomes bitter; provoking - HITCHCOCK-M

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strongs:

G3136 <STRGRK>@ Μάρθα Martha mar'-thah Probably of Chaldee origin (meaning mistress); Martha a Christian woman: - Martha.