38Now 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.
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And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. …
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. …
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. …
And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, …
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 38-42)We may observe in this story, I. The entertainment which Martha gave to Christ and his disciples at her house, Luke 10:38. Observe, 1. Christ’s coming to the village where Martha lived: As they went (Christ and his disciples together), he and they with him entered into a certain village . This village was Bethany , nigh to Jerusalem, whither Christ was now going up, and he took this in his way. No…
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