Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Luke 2:19

But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

KJV

ἡ δὲ Μαρία πάντα συνετήρει τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα συνβάλλουσα ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῆς.

Greek NT

Maria autem conservabat omnia verba hæc, conferens in corde suo.

Vulgate

But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.

ASV

But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Μαρία
maria
noun · 54×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καρδία
kardia
noun · 156×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
συμβάλλω
sumballo
verb · 6×
συντηρέω
suntereo
verb · 3×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ῥῆμα
rema
noun · 67×

Textual variants

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

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

Historic Christian voices

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

§94Thanks to the assistance of the Holy Spirit, the understanding of both the realities and the words of the heritage of faith is able to grow in the life of the Church: - "through the contemplation and study of believers who ponder these things in their hearts";57 it is in particular "theological research [which] deepens knowledge of revealed truth".58 - "from the intimate sense …
§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…
…and 1 more from this source.
He describes the twenty-ninth year of his age, in which, having discovered the fallacies of the Manichæans, he professed rhetoric at Rome and Milan. Having heard Ambrose, he begins to come to himself. Chapter 1. That It Becomes the Soul to Praise God, and to Confess Unto Him. 1. Accept the sacrifice of my confessions by the agency of my tongue, which You have formed and quicken…
Was the Blessed Virgin, Mother of God, sanctified before her birth from the womb? Was she sanctified before animation? Was the fomes of sin entirely taken away from her in virtue of this sanctification? Was the result of this sanctification that she never sinned? In virtue of this sanctification, did she receive the fulness of grace? Was it proper to her to be thus sanctified? …

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 21:12 — And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
  • 1Sam 21:12 — And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
  • Dan 7:28 — Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
  • Gen 24:21 — And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
  • Gen 37:11 — And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
  • Gen 37:11 — And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
  • Job 22:22 — Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
  • Luke 1:66 — And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
  • Luke 1:66 — And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
  • Luke 2:51 — And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
  • Luke 2:51 — And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
  • Luke 9:44 — Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
  • Prov 2:1 — My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
  • Prov 4:4 — He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
  • Ps 119:11 — Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.