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<p> '''Mar'tha.''' ''(a lady).'' The sister of Lazarus and Mary. ''See '' '''Lazarus''' ''.'' The facts recorded in Luke 10 and John 11 indicate a character devout after the customary [[Jewish]] type of devotion, sharing in Messianic hopes and accepting '''Jesus''' as the '''Christ''' . When she first comes before us, &nbsp;Luke 10:38, her spirit is "cumbered with much serving," is "careful and troubled about many things." </p> <p> Her love, though imperfect in its form, is yet recognized as true, and she has the distinction of being one whom '''Jesus''' loved. &nbsp;John 11:5. Her position is obviously that of the elder sister, the head and manager of the household. In the supper at Bethany, &nbsp;John 12:2, the old character shows itself still, but it has been freed from evil. She is no longer "cumbered," no longer impatient. [[Activity]] has been calmed by trust. </p>

<p> '''Martha''' (''mär'thah'' ), ''bitterness.'' One of the family at Bethany whom Jesus loved. Martha has been supposed the elder sister, as the house is called hers, and she undertook the special charge of entertaining the Lord. &nbsp;Luke 10:38-42. Some have imagined that she was the wife or widow of Simon the leper; which would account for the place where Mary anointed Christ being termed his house. &nbsp;Matthew 26:6-7; &nbsp;Mark 14:3; &nbsp;John 12:1-3. Martha made a noble confession when she met the [[Saviour]] on his way to raise her brother Lazarus; though even her expectation reached not to the mighty work he was about to do. &nbsp;John 11:1-46. Nothing certain is known of her later history. </p>