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.
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.”
- BSB 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.”
- 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 13:13Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
- John 20:16Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
- John 11:20Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
- 1 Th 4:17–18Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
- Mark 10:49And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
- Zech 3:10In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
- Matt 26:18And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
- Song 2:8–14The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
- John 10:3To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
- John 1:41He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
- John 1:45Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
- Mark 14:14And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
- Luke 10:38–42Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
- John 21:7Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
- Luke 22:11And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
- Heb 12:12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
- 1 Th 5:11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
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