In speaking with Jesus, both sisters lament that he did not arrive in time to prevent their brother's death: "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." But where Jesus' response to Martha is one of teaching, calling her to hope and faith, his response to Mary is more emotional: "When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. This portrayal of the sisters agrees with that found in Luke 10:38–42." When Mary meets Jesus, she falls at his feet. As one commentator notes, "Martha, the more aggressive sister, went to meet Jesus, while quiet and contemplative Mary stayed home. Martha goes immediately to meet Jesus as he arrives, while Mary waits until she is called. In the account of the raising of Lazarus, Jesus meets with the sisters in turn: Martha followed by Mary. This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair." The mention of her sister Martha suggests a connection with the woman named Mary in Luke 10:38-42. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
The identification of this being the same Mary in both incidents is given explicitly by the author: "Now a man named Lazarus was sick. In the Gospel of John, a Mary appears in connection to two incidents: the raising from the dead of her brother Lazarus and the anointing of Jesus. Martha preparing the meal while (in the background) Mary of Bethany sitting at Jesus' feet painting (1566) by Joachim Beuckelaer The Eastern Orthodox Church has its own traditions regarding Mary of Bethany's life beyond the gospel accounts.īiblical references Gospel of John In Eastern Christianity and some Protestant traditions, Mary of Bethany and Mary Magdalene are considered separate people. Since the 1969 revision of that liturgy, Mary Magdalene's feast day continues to be on 22 July, but Mary of Bethany is celebrated, together with her brother Lazarus, on 29 July, the memorial of their sister Martha. This influenced the Roman Rite liturgy of the feast of Mary Magdalene, with a Gospel reading about the sinful woman and a collect referring to Mary of Bethany. Medieval Western Christianity identified Mary of Bethany with Mary Magdalene and with the sinful woman of Luke 7 ( Luke 7:36–50), very common for that time period. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Martha, she is described by John as living in the village of Bethany, a small village in Judaea to the south of the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem.
Mary of Bethany is a biblical figure mentioned only by name in the Gospel of John in the Christian New Testament. Patroness of Spiritual Studies, Lectors and Commentators in the Philippines Woman holding an alabaster jar of perfume ( myrrh) and holding her hair The Holy Monastery of Martha and Mary in Al-Eizariya ( Bethany), Palestine Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, Johannes Vermeer, before 1654–1655, oil on canvas ( National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh) – Mary is seated at the feet of Jesus
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