Luk 10:38 a woman named M received him at her
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Marta (Gr. Mártha; from Aram. Martâ’, “lady” and “lady”). She sister of Mary and Lazarus of Bethany (John 11: 1, 2). She was probably the eldest of the 3, as her house, where Jesus often went as a close friend of the family, is called Martha’s house (Luk 10:38). As a good housewife, she was very concerned about Master’s physical well-being and her material needs, and she asked him to tell her sister Maria to help her. Jesus, however, while appreciating her diligence, replied with kind words that Mary in her eagerness for her spiritual nourishment had made a wise decision (vs 38-42). Both sisters were ardent believers in Christ (John 11:21-32). When Jesus attended the banquet at the house of Simon the leper at Bethany (Mat 26:6; Mar 14:3), Martha served (Joh 12:2): either as a domestic servant, as some think, or as Simon’s wife , as others believe, but there is no indication one way or the other in the biblical narrative. Hammer. Translation of the: 1. Heb. maqqebeth and maqqâbâh, the hammer of a carpenter, blacksmith or mason (1Ki 6:7; Isa 44:12; Jer 10:4), as well as the hammer to drive stakes into the ground (Jdg 4:21). 2. Heb. halmûth (Jdg 5:26, “mallet”, RVR; “carpenter’s hammer”, BJ). 3. Heb. pattîsh, the hammer of the blacksmith (Is. 41:7) or stonecutter (Jer 23:29), used figuratively for the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar (50:23). 4. Heb. kêlappôth (taken from ac. kalapâti), designating a bar or bar rather than a hammer (Psa 74:6). 5. Heb. mappêts, a “club” or cudgel rather than a hammer (Jer 51:20). It was a very common weapon of war among the early Egyptians and the Mesopotamian nations. 6. Heb. mêÆ’its, related 757 to the previous one (Pro 25:18). 7. Heb. sâgar, translated in the RVR as “close” (“pica”, in the JB; Psa 35:3), but which is better compared with the double ax of the Scythians and the Persians, called sagaris by Herodotus. The hammer as an instrument of war, a very important weapon among ancient nations (such as the Hittites), was not of great importance among the Israelites and is therefore rarely mentioned. Bib: AWBL 11-13, 40-43, 59, 60, 77, 78; Herodotus i.215. 342. Head of a hammer-axe of war found in Palestine.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
sister of María and Lázaro, resident in Betania. M. complained to Jesus, visiting her house, because her sister Mary did not help her with the housework, and the Lord told her that she was worried about many things, but that only one was necessary, the one chosen by Mary, spiritual, Lk 10, 38-42. During the resurrection of her brother Lazarus, Jesus revealed to her the importance of faith in order to participate with him in the resurrection; M. replied: “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who was to come into the world”, Jn 11, 17-27. M. served the table when M. anointed the feet of the Lord, Jn 12, 1-3.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(Aramaic lady, lady). She is the sister of Lázaro and María de Betania.
Luke mentions a visit by Jesus to Martha’s home in a certain village (Luk 10:38). It is inferred from this that Jesus’ dear friends had lived in Galilee before moving to Bethany. The sisters knew that Jesus had the ability to perform miracles (Joh 11:3, Joh 11:5). He no doubt was a guest in their home during his last days before going to Calvary (Mat 21:17; Mar 11:1, Mar 11:11). Martha was a careful hostess and trusted Jesus enough to complain to him about her sister’s behavior (Luk 10:38-42) and his delay in coming when Lazarus was sick (Joh 11:1-3, Joh 11 :twenty-one). She gave the Master the occasion to present the great declaration about the resurrection (John 11:25).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
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Sister of Lazarus and Mary, who lived in Bethany, Luk 10:34-41, Jua 11:19-40.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
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Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
She was the wife of †¢Betania, sister of †¢Mary and †¢Lazarus. Everything seems to indicate that she was the eldest of the family, because it was she who † œreceived the Lord in her house † and she is seen very busy in preparations to serve him, along with the other guests. Complaining to the Lord that her sister Mary was not helping her, she received a loving admonishment for her excessive concern for material details (Luke 10: 38-42). M.’s initiative manifested itself again when he heard that the Lord was coming to his house at the death of his brother, because he immediately went out to receive him (Jua 11:20), an occasion in which the Lord Jesus encouraged him to a wonderful confession of faith in him (John 11:27). After the resurrection of Lázaro M., she happily served at a dinner in Betania to which many people had come to learn about the case. It was then that her sister Mary anointed the Lord Jesus (John 12: 1-8).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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vet, (Aram.: “lady, lady”). She is the sister of Mary and Lazarus of Bethany (Jn. 11: 1, 2), all of them very addicted to Jesus. Marta wanted to show him her affection by receiving him in a dignified manner. Maria, more contemplative than her sister, only wanted to listen to the Lord. Martha asked Jesus to rebuke her. The Lord made Martha understand that the spiritual hunger of her disciples was more important than the burdens they assumed in devotion (Lk. 10: 38-42). The two sisters had a living faith (Jn. 11:21-32). The house they had in Bethany is called “Martha’s house” (Lk. 10:38). During another meal at the house of Simon the leper at Bethany (Mt. 26:6; Mr. 14:3), Lazarus was present, and again we find Martha serving. This was the occasion when Mary anointed Jesus’ feet (Jn. 12:1-3). From these facts it can be deduced that Martha could be the wife or widow of Simon the leper.
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Sister of Lazarus and Mary, whose house Jesus took as lodging when he went to Jerusalem (Jn. 11.1-44; Lk. 10. 38-42). In Christian piety she always passed as a model of a woman who was eager and full of love for Jesus, for whose well-being she cared. (See Woman 2)
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy
First confession of Christian faith (Jn 11,1-45) (-> Magdalena, Marta and María, resurrection). The Lucan tradition (Lk 10,38-40) knows of two sisters who, in a gesture of friendship and service, receive Jesus, as the previous topic (Marta* and María) pointed out. The Gospel of John preserves the memory of Martha the worker, who serves at the banquet offered to Jesus in Bethany, while Lazarus (third brother) sits down to eat and Mary is free to carry out her prophetic gesture of love and service, anointing Jesus for death (Jn 12,1-8).
(1) Martha’s functions. The Gospel of John has introduced another scene (on the death and resurrection of Lazarus*) in which Martha has her own role, starting a dialogue with Jesus in which three moments can be distinguished, (a) She recognizes the power of Jesus, telling him : “Lord, if you had been here my brother would not have died; but even now I know that God will grant you whatever you ask of him” (Jn 11:21-22). She understands Jesus as someone who performs miracles: he heals the sick and raises the dead, (b) Jewish faith. Jesus responds to Martha by telling her that her brother will rise again and she ratifies it, but from the traditional perspective of Judaism: “he will rise in the resurrection of the last day” (Jn 11:23-24). This is the basic faith of the Jews (at least of the Pharisees), as Paul recalls, presenting Abraham as father and model of faith “because he believed in the God who gives life to the dead and who calls things into being.” that do not exist” (Rom 4:17). (c) Christian faith. But Jesus is not satisfied with the Jewish response that Martha begins to offer him, and so, before the tomb of Lazarus, his dead friend and brother, he reveals his mystery to Martha: “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies will live; and everyone who lives and believes in me will not die forever” (Jn 11,26). This is the Christian faith (cf. Rom 4:24), expressed in a Christological way. What defines the Gospel is not a pure hope (there will be a final resurrection for the just!), but the union of believers with the already risen Christ.
(2) Martha’s faith. The scene thus places us at a borderline, at the break in level where, overcoming the common faith of Jewish eschatology (based on the future resurrection of the dead), the specifically Christian faith emerges: Jesus himself is the resurrection already accomplished, the culmination of history, the revelation of God. This is a mystery that Jesus proclaims at the tomb of his dead friend and that Martha ratifies, thus proclaiming the first specifically Christian confession of faith in the Gospel. Jesus asked her expressly: “Do you believe this?” She answered: “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who has come into this world” (Jn 11,27). By answering like this, Marta appears as the first true Christian: she recognizes Jesus as the Christ, the Life of God who is present on the world. Certainly, she continues to be the servant of others, as the later text indicates (Jn 12,2). But, from the bottom of that service, she appears as the first to express and expand the complete faith. For this reason, John no longer has to present her in the Easter stories: she does not run to the empty tomb (as Magdalene will do), nor does she look for the corpse of the Lord in the garden of death like her (cf. Jn 20 ,1.1118). She has confessed her faith in Jesus who is the life of men and her confession remains the type and model of faith for all believers. The resurrection of her brother Lazarus, which will come after her confession, will serve as a sign to confirm Martha’s deepest and most lasting faith in Jesus, who is the resurrection and the life, at the beginning of the Church.
Cf. M. Navarro, Anointed for life. Narrative exegesis of Mc 14,3-9 and Jn 12,1-8, Verbo Divino, Estella 1999.
PIKAZA, Javier, Dictionary of the Bible. History and Word, Divine Word, Navarra 2007
Source: Dictionary of Bible History and Word
“But Martha was preoccupied with many chores, and approaching, she said: Lord, don’t you mind that my sister lets me serve alone? Tell her, then, that she help me.” Luke 10:40.
Read John 11:1-45. It is difficult for us to think of Marta without bringing María onstage. The two are different, it’s true. Mary was a quiet Christian, who liked to listen to Jesus, sitting at her feet. Marta was constantly on the go, striving to better serve the Master. It would be a mistake to make the contrast between the two as light and dark, good or bad.
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