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. Martha serves the meal in the background.]] Martha ( Judæo-Aramaic '''מַרְתָּא''' '''Martâ''' "The lady", French '''Sainte Marthe''') is a figure mentioned only in the Bible . No other historical detail about her is known. According to the Gospel Of John , she was the sister of Lazarus and Mary , and she witnessed her brother's Resurrection . MENTIONS Martha is mentioned only in 11, 12, sqq. The Aramaic form occurs in a Nabatfan inscription found at Puteoli , and now in the Naples Museum ; it is dated AD. 5 (Corpus Inscr. Semit., 158); also in a Palmyrene inscription, where the Greek translation has the form ''Marthein'', AD 179 . BIBLICAL MARTHA Mary, Martha, and Lazarus are represented by John as living at has beautifully indicated the change that came over Martha after that interview: "When she had said these things, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying: The Master is come, and calleth for thee." Difficulties have been raised about the last supper at Bethania. John seems to put it six days before the Pasch , and, so some conclude, in the house of Martha; while the Synoptic account puts it two days before the Pasch, and in the house of Simon The Leper . We need not try to avoid this difficulty by asserting that there were two suppers; for John does not say that the supper took place six days before, but only that Christ arrived in Bethania six days before the Pasch; nor does he say that it was in the house of Martha. We are surely justified in arguing that, since '' Matthew '' and '' Mark '' place the scene in the house of Simon, St. John must be understood to say the same; it remains to be proved that Martha could not "serve" in Simon's house. EXPANSION OF THE MARTHA TRADITION According to one legend, Martha left Judea after Jesus 's death, around AD 48 , and went to Provence with her sister Mary (potentially Mary Magdalene ) and her brother Lazarus. Martha first settled in Avignon (now in France ), then went to Tarascon , where a Monster , the Tarasque , was a constant threat to the population. Martha managed to tame the monster and eventually died in Tarascon, where she was buried. Her tomb is located in the Crypt of the local Collegiate Church. MEMORY Martha is a Christian Saint . Her Feast Day is July 29 . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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