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Luke 2:19–20

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2:19But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering in her heart what they might mean.532:20So54 the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising55 God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.56

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Luke 2:19: But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.

Footnotes

  1. 53 The term συμβάλλουσα (sumballousa) suggests more than remembering. She is trying to put things together here (Josephus, 2.5.3 [2.72]). The words “what they might mean” have been supplied in the translation to make this clear. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
  2. 54 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion of the topic.
  3. 55 The mention of glorifying and praising God is the second note of praise in this section; see Luke 2:13–14.
  4. 56 Grk “just as [it] had been spoken to them.” This has been simplified in the English translation by making the prepositional phrase (“to them”) the subject of the passive verb. The closing remark just as they had been told notes a major theme of Luke 1–2 as he sought to reassure Theophilus: God does what he says he will do.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But Mary was treasuring up all these things in her heart and meditating on them. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had seen and heard, which were just as they had been told.

NLTNew Living Translation

but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often. The shepherds went back to their flocks, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. It was just as the angel had told them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.

KJV 1900King James Version

But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.