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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.

KJV

καὶ αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἐπιστᾶσα ἀνθωμολογεῖτο τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐλάλει περὶ αὐτοῦ πᾶσιν τοῖς προσδεχομένοις λύτρωσιν Ἱερουσαλήμ.

Greek NT

Et hæc, ipsa hora superveniens, confitebatur Domino : et loquebatur de illo omnibus, qui exspectabant redemptionem Israël.

Vulgate

And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks unto God, and spake of him to all them that were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

ASV

Now she, at the same hour, coming in, confessed to the Lord: and spoke of him to all that looked for the redemption of Israel.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
λύτρωσις
lutrosis
noun · 3×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
προσδέχομαι
prosdechomai
verb · 14×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀνθομολογέομαι
anthomologeomai
verb · 1×
ἐφίστημι
ephistemi
verb · 20×
Ἱερουσαλήμ
ierousalem
noun · 79×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὥρα
ora
noun · 106×

Textual variants

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

notable
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ | RP: + αὕτη
  • καὶ — SBLGNT
  • καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + αὕτη — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: θεῷ | WH/Treg/NIV: θεῷ | RP: κυρίῳ
  • θεῷ — SBLGNT
  • θεῷ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • κυρίῳ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: λύτρωσιν | WH/Treg/NIV: λύτρωσιν | RP: + ἐν
  • λύτρωσιν — SBLGNT
  • λύτρωσιν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἐν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

7 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 …
§711"Behold, I am doing a new thing."78 Two prophetic lines were to develop, one leading to the expectation of the Messiah, the other pointing to the announcement of a new Spirit. They converge in the small Remnant, the people of the poor, who await in hope the "consolation of Israel" and "the redemption of Jerusalem."79 We have seen earlier how Jesus fulfills the prophecies concer…
Proofs of the foregoing, drawn from the Gospels of Mark and Luke. 1. Luke also, the follower and disciple of the apostles, referring to Zacharias and Elisabeth, from whom, according to promise, John was born, says: And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Luke 1:6 And again, speaking of Zacharias: And it came…

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 9:15 — Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
  • Isa 8:17 — And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
  • Luke 1:68 — Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
  • Luke 1:68 — Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
  • Luke 2:17 — And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
  • Luke 2:25 — And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
  • Luke 2:25 — And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
  • Luke 23:51 — (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
  • Luke 24:21 — But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
  • Luke 24:21 — But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
  • 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
  • Mark 15:43 — Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
  • Mark 15:43 — Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
  • Matt 2:11 — And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold,
  • Ps 27:14 — Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
  • Ps 130:5 — I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.