John Gill Commentary Luke 10:41

John Gill Commentary

Luke 10:41

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Luke 10:41

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"But the Lord answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things:" — Luke 10:41 (ASV)

And Jesus answered and said to her
Calling her by her name, and repeating it, Martha, Martha, which expresses great intimacy and friendship, and much earnestness, and, as it were, pitying her present situation and circumstances:

you are careful and troubled about many things ;
intimating, that she was over anxious, and too solicitous, and more thoughtful and careful than she need be: he did not require such preparations for him, and so much attendance; she gave herself an unnecessary trouble in providing so many things for his entertainment, when less would have sufficed; so that instead of joining with her in her request, he reproves her for her over anxious care and solicitude, to have a nice and plentiful feast.

The Persic version gives a sense quite contrary to the design of the text, rendering the words thus, "you are adorned in all things, and have the preference above many women".