Luke 10:39 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.

And she had a sister called Mary, which also - or 'who for her part,' as Webster and Wilkinson put it, as opposed to Martha.

Sat [or 'seated herself' parakathestheisa (G3868a)] at Jesus' feet. From the custom of sitting beneath an instructor, the phrase 'sitting at one's feet' came to mean being his disciple (Acts 22:3).

And heard, х eekoue (G191)] - or 'kept listening' to his word.

Luke 10:39

39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.