Luke 2:19 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 2:19

But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Esteem not the words of the shepherds as mean and despicable. For from the shepherds Mary increases her faith, as it follows: Mary kept all these sayings, and pondered them in her heart. Let us learn the chastity of the sacred Virgin in all things, who no less chaste in her words than in her body, gathered up in her heart the materials of faith.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Irenaeus

Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter 10) (202)

And the angel of the Lord, he says, appeared to the shepherds, proclaiming joy to them: "For [Luke 2:11, etc.] there is born in the house of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Then [appeared] a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, Glory in the highest to God, and on earth peace, to men of good will." The falsely-called Gnostics say that these angels came from the Ogdoad, and made manifest the descent of the superior Christ.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But Mary kept all these things,.... Which the shepherds had related to her: and pondered them in her heart; or compared them in her mind, with what had been said to herself by the angel, and also by her husband, as well as what was said by Elisabeth at the time she made her a visit; but she said nothing of them to others, lest she should be thought an enthusiast, or a vain boaster; and therefore left things, till time should make a discovery of them in a proper way, and in the best season.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Modern Voices1 voice

G.K. Chesterton

1874–1936

The Everlasting Man, Part II Ch. 1 "The God in the Cave" (1925)

The shepherds had found their Shepherd.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἡ	Hē	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	But	G1161 →
Μαριὰμ	Mariam	Mary	G3137 →
πάντα	panta	all	G3956 →
συνετήρει	sunetērei	was treasuring up	G4933 →
τὰ	ta	<the>	G3588 →
ῥήματα	rhēmata	declarations	G4487 →
ταῦτα	tauta	these	G3778 →
συμβάλλουσα	sumballousa	pondering [them]	G4820 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
καρδίᾳ	kardia	heart	G2588 →
αὐτῆς.	autēs	of her.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 4:4
he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
leads to
- Proverbs 3:1
  My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
- Ephesians 6:4
  Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- John 12:50
  And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
- 1 Chronicles 28:9
  As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought.…
Through
Genesis 37:11
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
leads to
- Luke 2:51
  Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Acts 7:9
  Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
Through
Luke 2:51
Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.
leads to
- Daniel 7:28
  Thus ends the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face turned pale. But I kept the matter to myself.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 37:11
  And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.