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Nowδὲit happenedἘγένετοinἐνthoseἐκείναιςdaysταῖς ἡμέραιςthata decreeδόγμαwent outἐξῆλθενfromπαρὰCaesarΚαίσαροςAugustusΑὐγούστουthat allπᾶσανthe inhabited worldτὴν οἰκουμένηνshould be registered.ἀπογράφεσθαι
Luke 2:1
Study it in the app“Now it happened in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the inhabited world should be registered.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 2:1, word by word
- it happenedἘγένετοEgeneto
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “Egeneto” appears- daysἡμέραιςhēmerais
lifetime
The time or the years of someone's life.
Where else “hēmerais” appears- a decreeδόγμαdogma
decree
Decree, official order; also a rule.
Where else “dogma” appears- went outἐξῆλθενexēlthen
spread
To come from somewhere; for news to spread.
Where else “exēlthen” appears- CaesarΚαίσαροςKaisaros
Caesar
Caesar: the title of the Roman emperor.
Where else “Kaisaros” appears- AugustusΑὐγούστουAugoustou
Augustus
Augustus: the title of the Roman emperor Octavian.
Where else “Augoustou” appears- the inhabited worldοἰκουμένηνoikoumenēn
inhabited world
The inhabited world, the earth where people live; also the Roman world.
Where else “oikoumenēn” appears- should be registeredἀπογράφεσθαιapographesthai
register, enroll
Register, enroll in a census; also write down.
Where else “apographesthai” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2This was the first registration, when Quirinius was governing Syria.
To study Luke 2 in a group
1. What it says
What sign does the angel give the shepherds to recognize the child, and what do they do afterward? (vv. 10-20)
2. What it means
What do Simeon and Anna say about the child, and why do their words amaze Joseph and Mary? (vv. 25-38)
3. How I live it
Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart (v. 19). What could you keep and ponder this week?