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| MARTHA� ENDNOTES OF SCHOLARLY SOURCES {Where Document name is cited first, it is Quoted} |
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| [1]� ���� The Syriac manuscript of the New Testament calls Bethany Beth 'Anya which may be the short form of Beth Ana niah.� Today there is a little village there called El Azariyeh, and just to the west of this is a small hill where disterns and Jewish tombs have been discovered.� Nearby is the proported tomb of Lazarus though there is no evidence it really was. | ||||||||
| [2]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 11:1b - Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. | ||||||||
| [3]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 11:24, 27 - Martha replied, "I know that he will be raised up in the resurrection at the end of time....Yes, Master.� All along I have believed that you are the Messiah, the Son of God who comes into the world." | ||||||||
| [4]������ THE BIBLE, MARK 14:3 - [At a later time] Jesus was at Bethany, a guest of Simon the Leper. | ||||||||
| [5]������ THE BIBLE, LUKE 10:40a [NIV] - But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made.� [NOTE:� "Distracted" is translated from the Greek original "katargeo" meaning to work against, to do useless things.] | ||||||||
| [6]������ THE BIBLE, LUKE 10:38 - As they continued their travel, Jesus entered a village.� A woman by the name of Martha welcomed him and made him feel quite at home. | ||||||||
| [7]������ THE BIBLE, LUKE 10:40 - She had a sister, Mary, who sat before the Master, hanging on every word he said. | ||||||||
| [8]������ THE BIBLE, LUKE 10:40b - Later she stepped in, interrupting them.� "Master, don't you care that my sister has abandoned the kitchen to me?� Tell her to lend me a hand." | ||||||||
| [9]������ THE BIBLE, MARK 10:41 [NIV] - "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things."� [NOTE:� The original Greek of "worried" means to be drawn in different directions at once.� The word "upset" that he used in Greek means full of confusion. This is a description of Attention Deficit Disorder ~ ADD] | ||||||||
| [10]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 10:42a - "One thing only is essential." | ||||||||
| [11]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 10:42b - "Mary has chosen it ~ it's the main course, and won't be taken from her." | ||||||||