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She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God`s Son, he who comes into the world."
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A Foundational Confession
Martha's declaration, "I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God," is presented by commentators as a profound and settled statement of faith. Scholars like Calvin and Spurgeon explain that her belief in who Jesus is forms the unshakable foundation for her ability to trust what Jesus says—even His incredible claim to be the resurrection and the life. Her faith wasn't just in a specific promise, but in the person of the Promise-Giver.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yes, Lord. This was a noble confession. It showed her full confidence in him as the Messiah, and her full belief that all that he said was true. Se…
Yea, Lord (Ναι, κυριε). Martha probably did not understand all that Jesus said and meant, but she did believe in the future resurr…
19th Century
Anglican
She saith unto him, Yea, Lord.—This is her assent to the question He asked. She believed all that He had told her. It is …
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Baptist
She saith unto him, Yea, Lord I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come unto the world.
By which she as…
Martha’s commitment reveals a firm belief that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God, as preached by John the Baptist (1:34) and accepted by the di…
16th Century
Protestant
Yes, Lord. To prove that she believes what she had heard Christ say about himself—that he is the resurrection and the life—Martha…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
She says unto him, yea, LordThat is, she firmly believed all that he said concerning himself, and the happiness of t…
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 …
13th Century
Catholic
1. The Evangelist, after telling us that Lazarus was to be raised, now describes the events surrounding it. He does so in three parts:
