John 11:29

29 So that one, when she heard [it], got up quickly and went to him.

John 11:29 Meaning and Commentary

John 11:29

As soon as she heard that
That Christ was come, and inquired for her, and wanted to see her:

she arose quickly, and came unto him;
having an equal affection for him as her sister Martha; and which she showed, by leaving her comforters at once, and by making the haste she did, to another and better comforter: both Martha and Mary, out of their great love to Christ, break through the rule for mourners mentioned in note, (See Gill on John 11:19), of not going out of the door of the house the first week of mourning.

John 11:29 In-Context

27 She said to him, "Yes, Lord, I have believed that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world."

28 And [when she] had said this, she went and called her sister Mary privately, saying, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you."

29 So that one, when she heard [it], got up quickly and went to him.

30 (Now Jesus has not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha went to meet him.)

31 So the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, [when they] saw Mary--that she stood up quickly and went out--followed her, [because they] thought that she was going to the tomb in order to weep there.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation