“Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.”
— WEB
John 11:20
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“Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.”
— KJV
“Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary still sat in the house.”
— ASV
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Commentary
Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him--true to the energy and activity of her character, as seen in Luk 10:38-42. (See on Luk 10:38-42). but Mary sat . . . in the house--equally true to her placid character. These undesigned touches not only charmingly illustrate the minute historic fidelity of both narratives, but their inner harmony.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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