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AndδὲMaryΜαριὰμstayedἜμεινενwithσὺνherαὐτῇaboutὡςthreeτρεῖςmonthsμῆναςandκαὶreturnedὑπέστρεψενtoεἰςher home.τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς
Luke 1:56
Study it in the app“And Mary stayed with her about three months and returned to her home.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 1:56, word by word
- MaryΜαριὰμMariam
Mary
Mary, the name of several women in the New Testament: Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Mary the sister of Martha and Lazarus, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and others.
Where else “Mariam” appears- stayedἜμεινενEmeinen
stay
Not to move from a place, to go on staying there.
Where else “Emeinen” appears- withσὺνsyn
with
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appears- threeτρεῖςtreis
three
Three.
Where else “treis” appears- monthsμῆναςmēnas
month
A period of about thirty days, one of the twelve parts of the year.
Where else “mēnas” appears- returnedὑπέστρεψενhypestrepsen
return, turn back
Return, turn back, go back to where one came from.
Where else “hypestrepsen” appears- her homeοἶκονoikon
house
The place where one lives; also the temple, God's dwelling.
Where else “oikon” appears
The context
55just as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”
56 · This verse (above)
57Now for Elizabeth the time came for her to give birth, and she bore a son.
To study Luke 1 in a group
1. What it says
What does the angel Gabriel tell Mary about the son she will have, and how does she answer at the end? (vv. 30-38)
2. What it means
Why do you think Zechariah was left unable to speak while Mary was not, when both asked the angel a question? (vv. 18-20, 34-38)
3. How I live it
Which promise of God is hard for you to believe today, and what small step could you take in trust, like Mary?