Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Luke 2:17

And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

KJV

ἰδόντες δὲ ἐγνώρισαν περὶ τοῦ ῥήματος τοῦ λαληθέντος αὐτοῖς περὶ τοῦ παιδίου τούτου.

Greek NT

Videntes autem cognoverunt de verbo, quod dictum erat illis de puero hoc.

Vulgate

And when they saw it, they made known concerning the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

ASV

And seeing, they understood of the word that had been spoken to them concerning this child.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γνωρίζω
gnorizo
verb · 25×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παιδίον
paidion
noun · 52×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ῥῆμα
rema
noun · 67×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἐγνώρισαν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐγνώρισαν | RP: διεγνώρισαν
  • ἐγνώρισαν — SBLGNT
  • ἐγνώρισαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • διεγνώρισαν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§486The Father's only Son, conceived as man in the womb of the Virgin Mary, is "Christ", that is to say, anointed by the Holy Spirit, from the beginning of his human existence, though the manifestation of this fact takes place only progressively: to the shepherds, to the magi, to John the Baptist, to the disciples.123 Thus the whole life of Jesus Christ will make manifest "how God …
§525Jesus was born in a humble stable, into a poor family.202 Simple shepherds were the first witnesses to this event. In this poverty heaven's glory was made manifest.203 The Church never tires of singing the glory of this night: The Virgin today brings into the world the Eternal and the earth offers a cave to the Inaccessible. The angels and shepherds praise him and the magi adva…

Cross-references

  • Luke 2:38 — And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
  • Luke 8:39 — Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.
  • Mal 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon h
  • Ps 66:16 — Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
  • Ps 71:17 — O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.