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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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
And when she had so said, &c. Secretly, because Mary was surrounded with the Jews who were condoling with her. Martha therefore calls her in private, lest she might excite a tumult of the Jews, if she should call Mary openly and say that Jesus was there. Theophylact says somewhat differently: "The presence of Christ constitutes a calling. For His presence in itself summoned Mary, as love calls the lover to the loved."
