2. Martha served--This, with what is afterwards said of Mary's way
of honoring her Lord, is so true to the character in which those two
women appear in
Lu 10:38-42,
as to constitute one of the strongest and most delightful confirmations
of the truth of both narratives. (See also on
Joh 11:20).
Lazarus . . . sat at the table--"Between the
raised Lazarus and the healed leper (Simon,
Mr 14:3),
the Lord probably sits as between two trophies of His glory"
[STIER].
JFB.
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