John 11:20
Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
KJV
ἡ οὖν Μάρθα ὡς ἤκουσεν ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἔρχεται, ὑπήντησεν αὐτῷ· Μαρία δὲ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ ἐκαθέζετο.
Greek NT
Martha ergo ut audivit quia Jesus venit, occurrit illi : Maria autem domi sedebat.
Vulgate
Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary still sat in the house.
ASV
Martha therefore, as soon as she heard that Jesus was come, went to meet him: but Mary sat at home.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Μάρθα
martha
noun · 13×
Μαρία
maria
noun · 54×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καθέζομαι
kathezomai
verb · 8×
οἶκος
oikos
noun · 115×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑπαντάω
upantao
verb · 11×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: Μαρία | Treg/RP: Μαρία | WH/NIV: Μαριὰμ
- Μαρία — SBLGNT
- Μαρία — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- Μαριὰμ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
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Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Thess 4:17 — Then 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.
- John 11:28 — 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.
- Luke 10:38 — Now 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.