In the Bible, who was the brother of Martha and Mary?
Martha Bethany, where Martha and Mary dwelt [according to John's Gospel]". but the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges claims that it was "undoubtedly Bethany". In the Gospel of John, Martha and Mary appear in connection with two incidents: the raising from the dead of their brother Lazarus (John 11) and the anointing of Jesus in Bethany (John 12:3). In the account of the raising of Lazarus, Jesus meets with the sisters in turn: Martha followed by Mary. Martha goes immediately to meet Jesus as he arrives, while Mary waits until she is called. As one commentator notes, "Martha, the more
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (Velázquez) Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (Velázquez) Christ in the House of Martha and Mary is an oil-on-canvas painting from Spanish artist Diego Velázquez, dating to his Seville period. Housed in the National Gallery, London, United Kingdom, it was painted in 1618, shortly after he completed his apprenticeship with Pacheco. At this time, Velázquez was experimenting with the potential of the "bodegones", a form of genre painting set in taverns (the meaning of "bodegon") or kitchens which was frequently used to relate scenes of contemporary Spain to themes and stories from the Bible. Often they contained depictions of