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Luke 2:28

Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

KJV

καὶ αὐτὸς ἐδέξατο αὐτὸ εἰς τὰς ἀγκάλας καὶ εὐλόγησεν τὸν θεὸν καὶ εἶπεν·

Greek NT

et ipse accepit eum in ulnas suas : et benedixit Deum, et dixit :

Vulgate

then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

ASV

He also took him into his arms and blessed God and said

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέχομαι
dechomai
verb · 56×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εὐλογέω
eulogeo
verb · 41×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
ἀγκάλη
agkale
noun · 1×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

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

Historic Christian voices

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

§529The presentation of Jesus in the temple shows him to be the firstborn Son who belongs to the Lord.216 With Simeon and Anna, all Israel awaits its encounter with the Saviour - the name given to this event in the Byzantine tradition. Jesus is recognized as the long-expected Messiah, the "light to the nations" and the "glory of Israel", but also "a sign that is spoken against". th…
§583Like the prophets before him Jesus expressed the deepest respect for the Temple in Jerusalem. It was in the Temple that Joseph and Mary presented him forty days after his birth.349 At the age of twelve he decided to remain in the Temple to remind his parents that he must be about his Father's business.350 He went there each year during his hidden life at least for Passover.351 …
How the Valentinians pervert the Scriptures to support their own pious opinions. 1. Such, then, is their system, which neither the prophets announced, nor the Lord taught, nor the apostles delivered, but of which they boast that beyond all others they have a perfect knowledge. They gather their views from other sources than the Scriptures; and, to use a common proverb, they str…

Cross-references

  • Eph 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
  • Gen 45:28 — And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
  • Isa 25:9 — And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
  • John 8:56 — Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
  • Josh 22:33 — And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwe
  • Luke 1:46 — And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
  • Luke 1:64 — And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
  • Luke 1:68 — Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
  • Luke 2:13 — And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
  • Luke 2:20 — And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
  • Mark 9:36 — And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
  • Mark 10:16 — And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
  • Ps 32:11 — Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
  • Ps 105:1 — O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
  • Ps 119:41 — Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
  • Ps 135:19 — Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron: