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The painting illustrates Luke 10, verses 38–42 in the Bible, when Christ ate at the table of the sisters Martha and Mary. [2] In the scripture, Martha is doing all the work to serve as hostess to Jesus, while her sister sat with him. [2] She reproved Mary for sitting while she did all the work. [2]
Martha preparing the meal while (in the background) Mary of Bethany sitting at Jesus' feet; painting (1566) by Joachim Beuckelaer In the Gospel of John , a Mary appears in connection to two incidents: the raising from the dead of her brother Lazarus [ 8 ] and the anointing of Jesus . [ 9 ]
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary by Tintoretto, 1570s. Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary, in art usually called Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, and other variant names, is a Biblical episode in the life of Jesus in the New Testament which appears only in Luke's Gospel (Luke 10:38–42), immediately after the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25–37). [1]
He dined with Lazarus, Martha and Mary, a family well known to Jesus (John 11:1–3). This family group had been introduced to the readers of John's Gospel in chapter 11, with Mary being described in John 11:2 as "that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair", the event recounted in John 12:3.
Here, she is based on Mary of Bethany, who is identified as the Magdalene in the Roman Catholic tradition. Mary of Bethany sat at Jesus' feet and "listened to His Word", and thus is seen as a contemplative figure. The counterpoint is Mary's sister Martha who, representative of the active life, wished that Mary would help her serve. [9]
anointed Jesus' head none mentioned: Simon the Leper Luke 7: city/town in Galilee, probably Nain [note 1]: 49 unnamed sinful woman: cried on, anointed & hair-dried Jesus' feet none mentioned: Simon the Pharisee Luke 10: unnamed village [note 2] Mary sat at Jesus' feet listening to Jesus Martha Martha John 11–12: Bethany, village in Judea Mary
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"The Sons of Martha" was written in 1907 and was adopted by the author in 1922 to be part of the Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer performed by Canadian engineers at their graduation. In the Bible story, Christ visits a home where two sisters, Mary and Martha, live. Mary sits at the visitor's feet to listen to him while Martha races about ...