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Butκαὶtheyαὐτοὶdid notοὐunderstandσυνῆκανthe wordτὸ ῥῆμαthatὃhe spokeἐλάλησενto them.αὐτοῖς
Luke 2:50
Study it in the app“But they did not understand the word that he spoke to them.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 2:50, word by word
- understandσυνῆκανsynēkan
understand
Understand, grasp.
Where else “synēkan” appears- the wordῥῆμαrhēma
word
What comes out of someone's mouth: a saying, a sentence, a message.
Where else “rhēma” appears- he spokeἐλάλησενelalēsen
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “elalēsen” appears
The context
49And he said to them, “Why is it that you were searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in the things of my Father?”
50 · This verse (above)
51And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart.
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?