After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
Parallel translations
- WEB When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, “The Teacher is here, and is calling you.”
- KJV And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
- ESV When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”
- NKJV And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher has come and is calling for you.”
- NASB When she had said this, she left and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”
- NLT Then she returned to Mary. She called Mary aside from the mourners and told her, “The Teacher is here and wants to see you.”
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Quick answer
Martha quietly summons her sister Mary, saying the Teacher is asking for her. Jesus draws each mourner to himself personally.
Overview
Martha's discreet message reflects the tense atmosphere surrounding Jesus and perhaps a wish to spare a private moment from the crowd. That Jesus 'is calling' Mary shows his personal initiative toward those who grieve. The scene underscores how Jesus meets individuals in their sorrow rather than addressing only the crowd.
Cross-references & the web
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- John 13:13You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.
- John 20:16Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
- John 11:20So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him; but Mary stayed at home.
- 1 Th 4:17–18After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
- Mark 10:49Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man. “Take courage!” they said. “Get up! He is calling for you.”
- Zech 3:10On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
- Matt 26:18He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”
- Song 2:8–14Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
- John 10:3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
- John 1:41He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
- John 1:45Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
- Mark 14:14and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’
- Luke 10:38–42As they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.
- John 21:7Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it) and jumped into the sea.
- Luke 22:11and say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’
- Heb 12:12Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
- 1 Th 5:11Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
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