Lukas 10:41

41 En Jezus, antwoordende, zeide tot haar: Martha, Martha, gij bekommert en ontrust u over vele dingen;

Lukas 10:41 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 10:41

And Jesus answered and said unto her
Calling her by her name, and repeating it, Martha, Martha, which expresses great intimacy and friendship, and much earnestness, and, as it were, pitying her present situation and circumstances:

thou art careful and troubled about many things;
intimating, that she was over anxious, and too solicitous, and more thoughtful and careful than she need be: he did not require such preparations for him, and so much attendance; she gave herself an unnecessary trouble in providing so many things for his entertainment, when less would have sufficed; so that instead of joining with her in her request, he reproves her for her over anxious care and solicitude, to have a nice and plentiful feast. The Persic version gives a sense quite contrary to the design of the text, rendering the words thus, "thou art adorned in all things, and hast the preference above many women".

Lukas 10:41 In-Context

39 En deze had een zuster, genaamd Maria, welke ook, zittende aan de voeten van Jezus, Zijn woord hoorde.

40 Doch Martha was zeer bezig met veel dienens, en daarbij komende, zeide zij: Heere, trekt Gij U dat niet aan, dat mijn zuster mij alleen laat dienen? Zeg dan haar, dat zij mij helpe.

41 En Jezus, antwoordende, zeide tot haar: Martha, Martha, gij bekommert en ontrust u over vele dingen;

42 Maar een ding is nodig; doch Maria heeft het goede deel uitgekozen, hetwelk van haar niet zal weggenomen worden.