And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is come, and calls for you.
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Theophilus of Antioch
AD 184
Perhaps she thought the presence of Christin itself a call, as if it were inexcusable, when Christ came, that she should not go out to meet Him.
But her faith seems as yet imperfect: Lord, if You had been here, my brother had not died.