Luke 10:38

A certain village. [In the Home of Mary and Martha, Luke 10:38-42 See Closing Peraean Ministry.] Though Luke does not name it here, the “village” was clearly Bethany (see John 11:1), and this was Jesus’ first visit to it (see DA 525). He had just come up the Wadi Qelt from Jericho (DA 525; see on Luke 10:30), apparently not long after the incident related in vs. 25-37 (see on v. 25). Hereafter Jesus frequently visited the home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus (see DA 524), at least two other visits being recorded in the gospel narratives (John 11:17; 12:1-3). He probably visited there several times more (see Matt. 21:17; Mark 11:1, 11; Luke 19:29).

Martha. For a brief character sketch of Martha, see on v. 41. Martha was apparently the older of the two sisters and the one who administered the affairs of the home — she was the one who “received him into her house.”