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to be registeredἀπογράψασθαιwithσὺνMary,Μαριὰμwho wasτῇengagedἐμνηστευμένῃto him,αὐτῷbeingοὔσῃpregnant.ἐγκύῳ
Luke 2:5
Study it in the app“to be registered with Mary, who was engaged to him, being pregnant.”
He is born in Bethlehem and laid in a manger; shepherds are told a Savior has been bornWho Jesus Is
With the Greek beneath
Luke 2:5, word by word
- to be registeredἀπογράψασθαιapograpsasthai
register, enroll
Register, enroll in a census; also write down.
Where else “apograpsasthai” appears- withσὺνsyn
with
With, together with.
Where else “syn” 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- engagedἐμνηστευμένῃemnēsteumenēi
be betrothed
Be betrothed, pledged to be married. A Jewish betrothal was binding like a marriage, though the couple did not yet live together.
Where else “emnēsteumenēi” appears- beingοὔσῃousēi
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ousēi” appears- pregnantἐγκύῳenkyōi
pregnant
Pregnant.
Where else “enkyōi” appears
The context
4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,
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6And it happened while they were there that the days were completed for her to give birth.
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?