Lucas 10
Matthew Henry · Citado em PreceptAustin
Lucas 10
Henry - "The one thing needful is certainly meant of that which Mary made her choice—sitting at Christ's feet, to hear his word." Hurry is the working of the flesh; faith, like God, works at leisure. -- D L Moody Gene Brooks - Love for God is best expressed in listening and responding to Jesus’ words, not in busily ‘doing’ for him. The story of Mary and Martha is a warning. Even Jesus’ own followers will fare no better than the first generation that followed Moses if like Martha they place priority on ‘doing.’ Remember that generation? They did not operate on faith. They operated on fear. They did not trust the Lord to lead them into the Promised Land, a place they had never been. They didn’t know if they had the resources, but they did not trust the Lord to provide them, either. They died in the Wilderness. Their bones bleached in the desert sun because of their unbelief (Heb 4). Luke says that Jesus’ followers will fail too if they don’t put their priorities on the right things. Like Mary, we must emphasize the disciple’s duty to maintain an intimate personal relationship with God (Luke 10:38-42).(The Priority of His Presence)
Lucas 10
Henry - In Martha's preparations for Jesus there was "something commendable" ("respect to our Lord Jesus") and "something culpable" ("distracted by all the preparations"). Henry adds that "The inordinacy of worldly cares and pursuits is often the occasion of disturbance in families and of strife and contention among relations." In his poem "Sella," William Cullen Bryant wrote of How beautiful the law of love Can make the cares and toils of daily life Augustus Neander - "It is wholly contrary to the sense of history to interpret this narrative (as some do) so as to make Martha represent the practical and Mary the contemplative tendency, and thence to infer that Christ ascribes superiority to the latter. The antithesis is between that turn of mind which forgets, in a multiplicity of objects, the one fundamental aim; and that, on the other hand, which devotes itself solely to the one object from which all others should proceed." Related Resources: Is it wrong to be frustrated with God? What does the Bible say about busyness / being too busy? Distracted (4049)(perispáo from perí = around + spáo = to draw) means to draw different ways at the same time, to be pulled away and figuratively to distract with cares and responsibilities. In the NT perispao is only found in the passive voice meaning to be drawn around in one's mind because one is so preoccupied with cares or business. Only in Luke 10:40.