Luke 10:41

10:41 But the Lord ¹  answered her, ²  “Martha, Martha, ³  you are worried and troubled ⁴  about many things,

Acts 9:4

9:4 He ⁵  fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, ⁶  why are you persecuting me?” ⁷ 

¹ tc Most mss (A B* C D W Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 Ï it) read “Jesus” instead of “the Lord” here, but κύριος (kurios, “Lord”) has the support of some weighty papyri, uncials, and other witnesses (Ì^3,[45],75 א B² L 579 892 pc lat sa).

² tn Grk “answering, said to her.” This is redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified to “answered her.”

³ sn The double vocative Martha, Martha communicates emotion.

⁴ tn Or “upset.” Here the meanings of μεριμνάω (merimnaw) and θορυβάζομαι (qorubazomai) reinforce each other (L&N 25.234).

⁵ tn Grk “and he.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

⁶ tn The double vocative suggests emotion.

⁷ sn Persecuting me. To persecute the church is to persecute Jesus.