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Wesley's Explanatory Notes on Luke 10:40

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John Wesley (1703–1791) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Martha was encumbered - The Greek word properly signifies to be drawn different ways at the same time, and admirably expresses the situation of a mind, surrounded (as Martha's then was) with so many objects of care, that it hardly knows which to attend to first. Luke 10:41
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