Saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee. As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him. Now Jesus was not yet come i…

St. John Chrysostom: Christ's words stopped Martha's grief. In her devotion to her Master, she had no time to think of her aff…

Martha told Mary that Jesus was asking for her. To Mary, this was equivalent to a command to come. Her subsequent actions, though less assertive, r…

Now Jesus had not yet come into the town
Of Bethany, but stayed outside, being nearer to Lazarus's grave, which he i…

Here was a house where the fear of God was, and on which his blessing rested; yet it was made a house of mourning. Grace will keep sorrow from the …

1. The Evangelist, after describing Martha, now describes Mary.