Luke 10 · Verse 38

Luke 10:38

Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Luke 10:38, King James Version

Luke 10:38 in other translations

BSBAs they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.
WEBAs they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
ASVNow as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
YLTAnd it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house,
DARBYAnd it came to pass as they went that he entered into a certain village; and a certain woman, Martha by name, received him into her house.
BBENow, while they were on their way, he came to a certain town; and a woman named Martha took him into her house.
WebsterNow it came to pass, as they were going, he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman, named Martha, received him into her house.

What does Luke 10:38 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Lu 10:38-42. Martha and Mary.

38. certain village--Bethany (Joh 11:1), which Luke so speaks of, having no farther occasion to notice it. received him ... her house--The house belonged to her, and she appears throughout to be the older sister.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 38. A certain village. Bethany. See Jn 11:1. It was on the eastern declivity of the Mount of Olives. Mt 21:1.

Received him. Received him kindly and hospitably. From this it would seem that Martha was properly the mistress of the house. Possibly she was a widow, and her brother Lazarus and younger sister Mary lived with her; and as she had the care of the household, this will also show why she was so diligently employed about domestic affairs.

(p) "Martha" Jn 11:1, 12:2,3

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 38 A certain village - If this village was Bethany, where Martha and Mary lived, at less than two miles' distance from Jerusalem, see Joh 11:1, Joh 11:18; Joh 12:2, then this must have happened later than Luke places it; because, in Luk 19:29, he represents Jesus as having arrived after this at Bethany; and what is said in Luk 13:22, and Luk 17:11, seems to confirm that this visit of Jesus to Martha and Mary ought to be placed later. Bishop Pearce. Received him - Kindly received, ὑπεδεξατο, she received him in a friendly manner, under her roof; and entertained him hospitably. So the word is used in the best Greek writers. Martha is supposed by some to have been a widow, with whom her brother Lazarus and sister Mary lodged.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 10:38-42
A good sermon is not the worse for being preached in a house; and the visits of our friends should be so managed, as to make them turn to the good of their souls. Sitting at Christ's feet, signifies readiness to receive his word, and submission to the guidance of it. Martha was providing for the entertainment of Christ, and those that came with him. Here were respect to our Lord Jesus and right care of her household affairs. But there was something to be blamed. She was for much serving; plenty, variety, and exactness. Worldly business is a snare to us, when it hinders us from serving God, and getting good to our souls. What needless time is wasted, and expense often laid out, even in entertaining professors of the gospel! Though Martha was on this occasion faulty, yet she was a true believer, and in her general conduct did not neglect the one thing needful. The favour of God is needful to our happiness; the salvation of Christ is needful to our safety. Where this is attended to, all other things will be rightly pursued. Christ declared, Mary hath chosen the good part. For one thing is needful, this one thing that she has done, to give up herself to the guidance of Christ. The things of this life will be taken away from us, at the furthest, when we shall be taken away from them; but nothing shall separate from the love of Christ, and a part in that love. Men and devils cannot take it away from us, and God and Christ will not. Let us mind the one thing needful more diligently.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Luke 10:38 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἘγένετοEgenetoit came to passG1096
ἐνenInG1722
δὲdenowG1161
τῷtōtheG3588
πορεύεσθαιporeuesthaiproceedingG4198
αὐτοὺςautousof themG846
αὐτὸςautosHe himselfG846
εἰσῆλθενeisēlthenenteredG1525
εἰςeisintoG1519
κώμηνkōmēna villageG2968
τινά.tinacertain.G5100
γυνὴgunēa womanG1135
δέdenowG1161
τιςtiscertainG5100
ὀνόματιonomatinamedG3686
ΜάρθαMarthaMarthaG3136
ὑπεδέξατοhupedexatoreceivedG5264
αὐτόνautonHimG846
αὐτῆςautēsof herG846

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Cross references for Luke 10:38

  • John 11:19-20

    And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.

  • John 12:1-3

    Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

  • John 11:1-5

    Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. …

  • Luke 8:2-3

    And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

  • Acts 16:15

    And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

  • 2 John 1:10

    If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

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a certain.
Joh 11:1-5; 12:1-3
received.
8:2,3; Ac 16:15; 2Jo 1:10

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Context

  • Luke 10:37

    And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

  • Luke 10:38

    Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

  • Luke 10:39

    And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.

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Luke 10:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y aconteció que yendo, entró él en una aldea: y una mujer llamada Marta, le recibió en su casa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il arriva, comme ils étaient en chemin, qu’il entra dans un village. Et une femme nommée Marthe le reçut dans sa maison.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Es geschah aber, als sie ihres Weges zogen, daß er in ein gewisses Dorf kam; und ein gewisses Weib, mit Namen Martha, nahm ihn in ihr Haus auf.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Factum est autem, dum irent, et ipse intravit in quoddam castellum: et mulier quædam, Martha nomine, excepit illum in domum suam,