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Andκαὶhe went downκατέβηwithμετ’themαὐτῶνandκαὶcameἦλθενtoεἰςNazareth,Ναζαρέθandκαὶhe wasἦνsubjectὑποτασσόμενοςto them.αὐτοῖςAndκαὶhis motherἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦkeptδιετήρειallπάνταtheseταῦταwordsτὰ ῥήματαinἐνher heart.τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῆς
Luke 2:51
Study it in the app“And 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.”
Jesus goes down with his parents to Nazareth and is subject to themParents and Children
With the Greek beneath
Luke 2:51, word by word
- he went downκατέβηkatebē
go down, come down
Go down, come down, descend.
Where else “katebē” appears- cameἦλθενēlthen
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “ēlthen” appears- NazarethΝαζαρέθNazareth
Nazareth
See it on the mapWhere else “Nazareth” appears- he wasἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- subjectὑποτασσόμενοςhypotassomenos
submit
To obey, place oneself under another.
Where else “hypotassomenos” appears- his motherμήτηρmētēr
mother
The woman who gives birth to a child and raises it.
Where else “mētēr” appears- keptδιετήρειdietērei
treasure, keep carefully
Keep carefully, treasure up.
Where else “dietērei” appears- wordsῥήματαrhēmata
thing
A matter, something that happened.
Where else “rhēmata” appears- her heartκαρδίᾳkardiai
heart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “kardiai” appears
Places in this verse
The context
50But they did not understand the word that he spoke to them.
51 · This verse (above)
52And Jesus kept advancing in wisdom and stature and favor with God and people.
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?