"Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat {still} in the house." — John 11:20

John 11:20 · KJV

“Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat {still} in the house.”

— John 11:20

Verse 19

And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

Verse 21

Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

John 11 — Context

Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: {about...: that is, about two miles}

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.

Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give {it} thee.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 4:17

Then we which are alive {and} remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Luke 10:38-42

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.

John 11:30

Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.

Matthew 25:1

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

Acts 10:25

And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped {him}.

Matthew 25:6

And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

Acts 28:15

And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.