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Butδὲthe Lordὁ κύριοςansweredἀποκριθεὶςand saidεἶπενto her,αὐτῇ“Martha,ΜάρθαMartha,Μάρθαyou are worriedμεριμνᾷςandκαὶtroubledθορυβάζῃaboutπερὶmany things;πολλά
Luke 10:41
Study it in the app“But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things;”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 10:41, word by word
- the Lordκύριοςkyrios
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrios” appears- answeredἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apokritheis” appears- and saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “MarthaΜάρθαMartha
Martha
Martha: sister of Mary and Lazarus, in Bethany.
Where else “Martha” appears- you are worriedμεριμνᾷςmerimnais
worry
To be anxious about something, with a divided heart.
Where else “merimnais” appears- troubledθορυβάζῃthorybazēi
be troubled
Be troubled, be in a stir, be upset.
Where else “thorybazēi” appears- many thingsπολλάpolla
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “polla” appears
The context
40But Martha was distracted with much serving; and coming up, she said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.”
41 · This verse (above)
42but few things are needed, or only one; for Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”
To study Luke 10 in a group
1. What it says
What question does the expert in the law ask Jesus, and how does Jesus answer with the story of the Samaritan? (vv. 25-37)
2. What it means
In the story, what do the priest, the Levite and the Samaritan each do on seeing the wounded man? How does Jesus change the question at the end? (vv. 31-36)
3. How I live it
Jesus says, “Go and do likewise.” Who near you needs a concrete help today that you can actually give? (v. 37)