Fell down at his feet (επεσεν αυτου προς τους ποδας). Second aorist active of πιπτω, to fall. Note unusual position of αυτου. This…

Lord, if thou hadst been here.—The words are precisely the same as those which Martha had uttered (John 11:21). She adds no mo…

The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, say…

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…

Mary’s greeting to Jesus was similar to Martha’s. The response of Jesus to this calamity illustrates his human and divine natures. Up to this point…

She fell at his feet. From her falling down at his feet we learn that Christ was honored in that house beyond the ordinary custom…

Then when Mary was come where Jesus was
Where Martha met him, and where she left him. Travellers tell us, that close…

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.