Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 Luke 10:38-42. (See on Luke 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.
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