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Andδὲseeingἰδόντεςthe star,τὸν ἀστέραthey rejoicedἐχάρησανwith a veryσφόδραgreatμεγάληνjoy.χαρὰν
Matthew 2:10
Study it in the app“And seeing the star, they rejoiced with a very great joy.”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 2:10, word by word
- seeingἰδόντεςidontes
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “idontes” appears- the starἀστέραastera
star
Star, heavenly body.
Where else “astera” appears- they rejoicedἐχάρησανecharēsan
rejoice
To feel joy and gladness about something.
Where else “echarēsan” appears- with a veryσφόδραsphodra
greatly, very
Very, greatly, exceedingly.
Where else “sphodra” appears- greatμεγάληνmegalēn
intense
Of great force or intensity, like an enormous joy or fear.
Where else “megalēn” appears- joyχαρὰνcharan
joy
Joy, gladness.
Where else “charan” appears
The context
9And they, having heard the king, went on their way; and look, the star that they had seen at its rising was going ahead of them until it came and stopped over where the child was.
10 · This verse (above)
11And coming into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell and bowed down before him; and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts: gold and frankincense and myrrh.
To study Matthew 2 in a group
1. What it says
What did the magi do when they found the child with Mary his mother (v. 11)?
2. What it means
Why was King Herod troubled, and all Jerusalem with him, when he heard about this child (v. 3)?
3. How I live it
Joseph obeyed even at night and without understanding everything (v. 14). What simple step of obedience is yours today?