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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.

KJV

καὶ κατέβη μετ’ αὐτῶν καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Ναζαρέθ, καὶ ἦν ὑποτασσόμενος αὐτοῖς. καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ διετήρει πάντα τὰ ῥήματα ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῆς.

Greek NT

Et descendit cum eis, et venit Nazareth : et erat subditus illis. Et mater ejus conservabat omnia verba hæc in corde suo.

Vulgate

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

ASV

And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart.

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Ναζαρέθ
nazareth
noun · 12×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διατηρέω
diatereo
verb · 2×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καρδία
kardia
noun · 156×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
o
article · 19778×
ὑποτάσσω
upotasso
verb · 38×
ῥῆμα
rema
noun · 67×

Textual variants

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

trivial
SBLGNT: ταῦτα | Treg/RP: ταῦτα
  • ταῦταSBLGNT
  • ταῦταTregelles, 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 …
§517Christ's whole life is a mystery of redemption. Redemption comes to us above all through the blood of his cross,179 but this mystery is at work throughout Christ's entire life: -already in his Incarnation through which by becoming poor he enriches us with his poverty;180 - in his hidden life which by his submission atones for our disobedience;181 - in his word which purifies it…
§531During the greater part of his life Jesus shared the condition of the vast majority of human beings: a daily life spent without evident greatness, a life of manual labour. His religious life was that of a Jew obedient to the law of God,221 a life in the community. From this whole period it is revealed to us that Jesus was "obedient" to his parents and that he "increased in wisd…
…and 2 more from this source.
1. Beloved, we need much care, much watchfulness, to be able to look into the depth of the Divine Scriptures. For it is not possible to discover their meaning in a careless way, or while we are asleep, but there needs close search, and there needs earnest prayer, that we may be enabled to see some little way into the secrets of the divine oracles. Today, for instance, here is n…

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 5:4 — But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
  • Col 3:16 — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Deut 6:6 — And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
  • Eph 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
  • 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.
  • Isa 53:2 — For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire 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 2:19 — But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
  • Luke 2:19 — But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
  • Luke 2:27 — And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
  • Luke 2:39 — And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
  • Luke 4:16 — And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
  • Mark 6:3 — Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
  • Matt 12:46 — While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
  • Ps 119:11 — Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.