Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Luke 2:33

And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.

KJV

καὶ ἦν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ θαυμάζοντες ἐπὶ τοῖς λαλουμένοις περὶ αὐτοῦ.

Greek NT

Et erat pater ejus et mater mirantes super his quæ dicebantur de illo.

Vulgate

And his father and his mother were marvelling at the things which were spoken concerning him;

ASV

And his father and mother were wondering at those things which were spoken concerning him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θαυμάζω
thaumazo
verb · 43×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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

Historic Christian voices

4 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 …

Cross-references

  • Luke 2:18 — And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
  • Matt 12:46 — While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.