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Thenτότεwhat was spokenτὸ ῥηθὲνthroughδιὰJeremiahἸερεμίουthe prophetτοῦ προφήτουwas fulfilled,ἐπληρώθηwhen hesays:λέγοντος
Matthew 2:17
Study it in the app“Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, when he says:”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 2:17, word by word
- Thenτότεtote
then
Then, at that time.
Where else “tote” appears- what was spokenῥηθὲνrhēthen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “rhēthen” appears- JeremiahἸερεμίουIeremiou
Jeremiah
Jeremiah, the prophet of Judah in the time of the fall of Jerusalem.
Where else “Ieremiou” appears- the prophetπροφήτουprophētou
prophet
Someone who speaks for God.
Where else “prophētou” appears- was fulfilledἐπληρώθηeplērōthē
be fulfilled
For what was foretold to come true.
Where else “eplērōthē” appears
The context
16Then Herod, seeing that he had been tricked by the magi, was greatly enraged, and sending men, he killed all the children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time that he had learned precisely from the magi.
17 · This verse (above)
18“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning: Rachel weeping for her children; and she would not be comforted, because they are no more.”
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?