When she had said this, she left and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, “The Teacher is here and is calling 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
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- John 13:13You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am.
- John 20:16Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”
- John 11:20Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.
- 1 Th 4:17–18then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.
- Mark 10:49Jesus stood still, and said, “Call him.” They called the blind man, saying to him, “Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!”
- Zech 3:10In that day,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘you will invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.’”
- Matt 26:18He said, “Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.”’”
- Song 2:8–14The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
- John 10:3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
- John 1:41He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Christ ).
- John 1:45Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
- Mark 14:14and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’
- Luke 10:38–42As they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
- John 21:7That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around him (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea.
- Luke 22:11Tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’
- Heb 12:12Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
- 1 Th 5:11Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.
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