John 11:29 BSB — MannaFest

John 11:29

And when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And she, when she heard it, arose quickly, and went unto him.

KJV

As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

As soon as she heard that,.... That Christ was come, and inquired for her, and wanted to see her: she arose quickly, and came unto him; having an equal affection for him as her sister Martha; and which she showed, by leaving her comforters at once, and by making the haste she did, to another and better comforter: both Martha and Mary, out of their great love to Christ, break through the rule for mourners mentioned in note, See Gill on Joh 11:19, of not going out of the door of the house the first week of mourning.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3461: “The Welcome Visitor” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1915)

IT seems that Martha had heard of Christ's coming, and Mary had not. Therefore Martha rose up hastily and went to meet the Master, while Mary sat still in the house. From this we gather that genuine Believers may, through some unexplained cause, be at the same time in very different states of mind. Martha may have heard of the Lord and seen the Lord. And Mary, an equally loving heart, not having known of His Presence, may, therefore, have missed the privilege of fellowship with Him. Who shall say that Martha was better than Mary?

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐκείνη	ekeinē	She	G1565 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ὡς	hōs	when	G5613 →
ἤκουσεν	ēkousen	she heard	G191 →
ἠγέρθη	ēgerthē	[she] rose up	G1453 →
ταχὺ	tachu	quickly	G5035 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἤρχετο	ērcheto	was coming	G2064 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτόν.	auton	Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 27:17
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
leads to
- Hebrews 10:24
  And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
- Proverbs 27:9
  Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
- Job 4:3–4
  Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
- 1 Samuel 23:16
  And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,
- Isaiah 35:3–4
  Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
Through
Psalms 27:8
My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
leads to
- Psalms 105:4
  Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
- Jeremiah 29:12–13
  Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- Isaiah 55:6–7
  Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.