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Text -- Luke 2:19 (NET)

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2:19 But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering in her heart what they might mean.
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Names, People and Places:
 · Mary mother of Jesus and wife of Joseph,a woman from Magdala in Galilee,the mother of James and Joses,the wife of Cleophas,the sister of Lazarus and Martha in Bethany,the mother of John Mark who was a nephew of Barnabas,a Christian woman in Rome who helped Paul


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Shepherd | PONDER | Mary | Jesus, The Christ | Jesus | JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF MARY | JESUS CHRIST, 4A | more
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Robertson: Luk 2:19 - -- Kept ( sunetērei ). Imperfect active. She kept on keeping together (sun - ) all these things. They were meat and drink to her. She was not astoni...

Kept ( sunetērei ).

Imperfect active. She kept on keeping together (sun - ) all these things. They were meat and drink to her. She was not astonished, but filled with holy awe. The verb occurs from Aristotle on. She could not forget. But did not Mary keep also a Baby Book? And may not Luke have seen it?

Robertson: Luk 2:19 - -- Pondering ( sunballousa ). An old Greek word. Placing together for comparison. Mary would go over each detail in the words of Gabriel and of the shep...

Pondering ( sunballousa ).

An old Greek word. Placing together for comparison. Mary would go over each detail in the words of Gabriel and of the shepherds and compare the sayings with the facts so far developed and brood over it all with a mother’ s high hopes and joy.

Vincent: Luk 2:19 - -- Kept ( συνετήρει ) See on the simple verb τηρέω , on 1Pe 1:4. The word signifies not merely to guard, but to keep, as the r...

Kept ( συνετήρει )

See on the simple verb τηρέω , on 1Pe 1:4. The word signifies not merely to guard, but to keep, as the result of guarding. Hence the compound verb is very expressive: kept, σύν , with or within herself: closely. Note the imperfect tense: was keeping all the while.

Vincent: Luk 2:19 - -- Pondered ( συμβάλλουσα ) The present participle, ponderi ng. Lit., bringing together: comparing and weighing facts. Wyc., bearin...

Pondered ( συμβάλλουσα )

The present participle, ponderi ng. Lit., bringing together: comparing and weighing facts. Wyc., bearing together in her heart. Vulg., conferens. Compare Sophocles, " Oedipus Coloneus," 1472-4.

" Oedipus. My children, the heaven-ordained end of life has come upon him who stands here, and there is no avoiding it.

" Antigone. How dost thou know, and with what (fact) having compared (συμβαλὼν ) thine opinion hast thou this ?"

Clarke: Luk 2:19 - -- And pondered them in her heart - Συμβαλλουσα, Weighing them in her heart. Weighing is an English translation of our word pondering, from...

And pondered them in her heart - Συμβαλλουσα, Weighing them in her heart. Weighing is an English translation of our word pondering, from the Latin ponderare . Every circumstance relative to her son’ s birth, Mary treasured up in her memory; and every new circumstance she weighed, or compared with those which had already taken place, in order to acquire the fullest information concerning the nature and mission of her son.

Calvin: Luk 2:19 - -- 19.Now Mary kept Mary’s diligence in contemplating the works of God is laid before us for two reasons; first, to inform us, that this treasure was ...

19.Now Mary kept Mary’s diligence in contemplating the works of God is laid before us for two reasons; first, to inform us, that this treasure was laid up in her heart, for the purpose of being published to others at the proper time; and, secondly, to afford to all the godly an example for imitation. For, if we are wise, it will be the chief employment, and the great object of our life, to consider with attention those works of God which build up our faith. Mary kept all these things This relates to her memory. Συμβάλλειν signifies to throw together, — to collect the several events which agreed in proving the glory of Christ, so that they might form one body. For Mary could not wisely estimate the collective value of all those occurrences, except by comparing them with each other.

TSK: Luk 2:19 - -- Luk 2:51, Luk 1:66, Luk 9:43, Luk 9:44; Gen 37:11; 1Sa 21:12; Pro 4:4; Hos 14:9

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Barnes: Luk 2:19 - -- Mary kept all these things - All that happened, and all that was said respecting her child. She "remembered"what the angel had said to "her;"wh...

Mary kept all these things - All that happened, and all that was said respecting her child. She "remembered"what the angel had said to "her;"what had happened to Elizabeth and to the shepherds - all the extraordinary circumstances which had attended. the birth of her son. Here is a delicate and beautiful expression of the feelings of a mother. A "mother"forgets none of those things which occur respecting her children. Everything they do or suffer - everything that is said of them, is treasured up in her mind; and often she thinks of those things, and anxiously seeks what they may indicate respecting the future character and welfare of her child.

Pondered - Weighed. This is the original meaning of the word "weighed."She kept them; she revolved them; she "weighed"them in her mind, giving to each circumstance its just importance, and anxiously seeking what it might indicate respecting her child.

In her heart - In her mind. She "thought"of these things often and anxiously.

Poole: Luk 2:19-20 - -- Ver. 19,20. The different effect of these things upon the generality of the people, upon Mary, and upon the shepherds, is worthy of our notice. The p...

Ver. 19,20. The different effect of these things upon the generality of the people, upon Mary, and upon the shepherds, is worthy of our notice. The people only wondered, thinking the story of the shepherds a strange story. Mary suffereth them not to pass out of her thoughts, nor entertains them with a mere passion, which suddenly is extinguished; but she pondereth them in her heart, both those things she had learned from her husband, and what herself had heard from the angel, and this also, which was related to her of or by the shepherds. The shepherds return, that is, to the care of their flocks. Religion gives none a discharge from their secular duties: the disciples had a special call and command, that left their nets, and their parents, and followed Christ. The shepherds were only made occasional preachers, pro hac vice; they return, but

glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them which argued that they gave a firm and full assent to them, and that they were the first fruits of believers under the gospel dispensation. True faith produces great joy and thanksgiving to God, and needs must produce joy, because of the union it maketh betwixt a soul and its desired object.

Haydock: Luk 2:19 - -- Mary kept all these things, and compared what was accomplished in her, concerning the Lord, with what had been written of him by the prophets. (Ven. B...

Mary kept all these things, and compared what was accomplished in her, concerning the Lord, with what had been written of him by the prophets. (Ven. Bede) ---

She considered in her heart the arguments of faith. (St. Ambrose)

Gill: Luk 2:19 - -- 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 wha...

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.

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NET Notes: Luk 2:19 The term συμβάλλουσα (sumballousa) suggests more than remembering. She is trying to put things ...

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TSK Synopsis: Luk 2:1-52 - --1 Augustus taxes all the Roman empire.6 The nativity of Christ.8 An angel relates it to the shepherds, and many sing praises to God for it.15 The shep...

Maclaren: Luk 2:8-20 - --Shepherds And Angels And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9. And, lo, the ange...

MHCC: Luk 2:8-20 - --Angels were heralds of the new-born Saviour, but they were only sent to some poor, humble, pious, industrious shepherds, who were in the business of t...

Matthew Henry: Luk 2:8-20 - -- The meanest circumstances of Christ's humiliation were all along attended with some discoveries of his glory, to balance them, and take off the offe...

Barclay: Luk 2:8-20 - --It is a wonderful thing that the story should tell that the first announcement of God came to some shepherds. Shepherds were despised by the orthodox...

Constable: Luk 1:5--3:1 - --II. The birth and childhood of Jesus 1:5--2:52 This section contains material unique in Luke. The only repeated ...

Constable: Luk 2:1-52 - --D. The birth and early life of Jesus ch. 2 Luke followed the same pattern of events with Jesus' birth an...

Constable: Luk 2:8-20 - --2. The announcement to the shepherds 2:8-20 There is great theological significance in this familiar passage. It comes through mainly in the angel's w...

College: Luk 2:1-52 - --LUKE 2 G. THE BIRTH OF JESUS (2:1-7) 1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (Thi...

McGarvey: Luk 2:8-20 - -- XI. THE BIRTH OF JESUS PROCLAIMED BY ANGELS TO THE SHEPHERDS. (Near Bethlehem, B. C. 5.) cLUKE II. 8-20.    c8 And there were shepher...

Lapide: Luk 2:1-52 - --CHAPTER 2 Ver. 1. — And it came to pass in those days (in which John the Baptist was born) there went forth a decree, &c. The Syriac for "all the...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Luke (Book Introduction) THE GOSPEL OF LUKE By Way of Introduction There is not room here for a full discussion of all the interesting problems raised by Luke as the autho...

JFB: Luke (Book Introduction) THE writer of this Gospel is universally allowed to have been Lucas (an abbreviated form of Lucanus, as Silas of Silvanus), though he is not expressly...

JFB: Luke (Outline) ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FORERUNNER. (Luke 1:5-25) ANNUNCIATION OF CHRIST. (Luk 1:26-38) VISIT OF MARY TO ELISABETH. (Luke 1:39-56) BIRTH AND CIRCUMCISION...

TSK: Luke (Book Introduction) Luke, to whom this Gospel has been uniformly attributed from the earliest ages of the Christian church, is generally allowed to have been " the belove...

TSK: Luke 2 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Luk 2:1, Augustus taxes all the Roman empire; Luk 2:6, The nativity of Christ; Luk 2:8, An angel relates it to the shepherds, and many si...

Poole: Luke 2 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 2

MHCC: Luke (Book Introduction) This evangelist is generally supposed to have been a physician, and a companion of the apostle Paul. The style of his writings, and his acquaintance w...

MHCC: Luke 2 (Chapter Introduction) (Luk 2:1-7) The birth of Christ. (Luk 2:8-20) It is made known to the shepherds. (Luk 2:21-24) Christ presented in the temple. (Luk 2:25-35) Simeon...

Matthew Henry: Luke (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Gospel According to St. Luke We are now entering into the labours of another evangelist; his name ...

Matthew Henry: Luke 2 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter, we have an account of the birth and infancy of our Lord Jesus: having had notice of his conception, and of the birth and infancy o...

Barclay: Luke (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT LUKE A Lovely Book And Its Author The gospel according to St. Luke has been called the loveliest book ...

Barclay: Luke 2 (Chapter Introduction) Shepherds And Angels (Luk_2:8-20) The Ancient Ceremonies Are Observed (Luk_2:21-24) A Dream Realized (Luk_2:25-35) A Lovely Old Age (Luk_2:36-40)...

Constable: Luke (Book Introduction) Introduction Writer Several factors indicate that the writer of this Gospel was the sa...

Constable: Luke (Outline) Outline I. Introduction 1:1-4 II. The birth and childhood of Jesus 1:5-2:52 ...

Constable: Luke Luke Bibliography Alford, Henry. The Greek Testament. New ed. 4 vols. London: Rivingtons, 1880. ...

Haydock: Luke (Book Introduction) THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE. INTRODUCTION St. Luke was a physician, a native of Antioch, the metropolis of Syria, a...

Gill: Luke (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO LUKE The writer of this Gospel, Luke, has been, by some, thought, as Origen a relates, to be the same with Lucius, mentioned in Ro...

College: Luke (Book Introduction) FOREWORD "Many have undertaken" to write commentaries on the Gospel of Luke, and a large number of these are very good. "It seemed good also to me" t...

College: Luke (Outline) OUTLINE There is general agreement among serious students of Luke's Gospel regarding its structure. I. Prologue Luke 1:1-4 II. Infancy Narrative...

Lapide: Luke (Book Introduction) S. LUKE'S GOSPEL Third Edition JOHN HODGES, AGAR STREET, CHARING CROSS, LONDON. 1892. INTRODUCTION. ——o—— THE Holy Gospel of Jesus Ch...

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