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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Jesus Christ · Martha
Dictionary: Jesus
OET-LV Therefore the Martha when, she_heard that Yaʸsous is_coming, met with_him, But Maria was_sitting in the house.
OET (OET-RV) As soon as Marta heard that Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) had arrived, she went out to meet him, but Miryam stayed behind where she was sitting in the house.
In this section, Jesus arrived in Bethany, where Lazarus and his sisters lived. His sister Martha came out to greet Jesus, and told him that if he had been there, Lazarus would still be alive. Jesus told her that Lazarus would rise again, but Martha thought that he was talking about the last day. Jesus then told her that he was the resurrection and the life, and that those who believed in him would never die. Martha then said that she believed that he was the Messiah, the Son of God.
Here are some other possible headings for this section:
Jesus told Martha that Lazarus would live again
Those who believe in Jesus will never die
Martha went to meet Jesus and expressed her faith and trust in him.
So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming,
¶ When Martha heard the news that Jesus was coming to Bethany,
¶ People told Martha, “Jesus will soon be here.” So
Martha heard that Jesus was coming: Martha heard someone say that Jesus was on the way to Bethany. Possibly someone told her directly, or possibly she heard other people talking to each other. The phrase does not indicate how she heard.
Jesus was coming: Jesus was on the way to Bethany but had not yet arrived. Here is another way to translate this clause:
Jesus was on his way (REB)
In some languages it is more natural to say where Jesus was coming to. For example:
Jesus was coming to the village of Bethany
she went out to meet Him;
she went to meet him,
she went out of the house/village to greet him.
she went out to meet Him: Martha left her house and went out of the village to where she hoped to find Jesus. Here is another way to translate this expression:
she went and met him (NRSV)
but Mary stayed at home.
but Mary stayed behind at home.
However her sister Mary stayed sitting in her house.
but: This word contrasts the fact that Martha went out to meet Jesus with the fact that Mary stayed in the house.
Mary stayed at home: Mary remained in the house where they lived. The Greek text more literally says, “Mary was sitting at home.” The custom of that time was for people to sit while they were mourning. Mary was sitting because she was mourning, not because she was lazy. If this is the custom of your culture and will be understood by your readers, you may want to follow the Greek. For example:
Mary remained sitting in the house (NJB)
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations
ἤκουσεν & Ἰησοῦς ἔρχεται
˱she˲_heard & Jesus ˓is˒_coming
If it would be more natural in your language, you could express this statement as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: [she heard that Jesus was coming]
OET-LV Therefore the Martha when, she_heard that Yaʸsous is_coming, met with_him, But Maria was_sitting in the house.
OET (OET-RV) As soon as Marta heard that Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) had arrived, she went out to meet him, but Miryam stayed behind where she was sitting in the house.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.
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