As soon as she heard that,.... That Christ was come, and inquired for her, and wanted to see her:
she arose quickly, and came unto him; having an equal affection for him as her sister Martha; and which she showed, by leaving her comforters at once, and by making the haste she did, to another and better comforter: both Martha and Mary, out of their great love to Christ, break through the rule for mourners mentioned in note,
John 11:19, of not going out of the door of the house the first week of mourning.