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Andκαὶthey wentἦλθανin hasteσπεύσαντεςandκαὶfoundἀνεῦρανbothτήν τεMaryΜαριὰμandκαὶJoseph,τὸν Ἰωσὴφandκαὶthe babyτὸ βρέφοςlyingκείμενονinἐνthe manger.τῇ φάτνῃ
Luke 2:16
Study it in the app“And they went in haste and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 2:16, word by word
- they wentἦλθανēlthan
go
To set out toward a place.
Where else “ēlthan” appears- in hasteσπεύσαντεςspeusantes
hurry
Hurry, hasten; also eagerly desire, hasten something on.
Where else “speusantes” appears- foundἀνεῦρανaneuran
find
Find, find out by searching.
Where else “aneuran” appears- 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- JosephἸωσὴφIōsēph
Joseph
Joseph, the name of several men in the Bible: the son of Jacob, Mary's husband (a descendant of David), Joseph of Arimathea, and others.
Where else “Iōsēph” appears- the babyβρέφοςbrephos
baby, infant
Baby, infant: a newborn child, or a child not yet born.
Where else “brephos” appears- lyingκείμενονkeimenon
lie
To lie, be laid down.
Where else “keimenon” appears- the mangerφάτνῃphatnēi
manger
Manger: a feeding trough for animals; also a stall.
Where else “phatnēi” appears
The context
15And it happened, when the angels went away from them into heaven, that the shepherds were saying to one another, “Let us go then over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
16 · This verse (above)
17And when they saw this, they made known the word that had been spoken to them about this child.
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?