Luke 2:19

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
But	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
Mary	Μαριὰμ Mariam	G3137	Maria or Mariam (i.e. Mirjam) · noun — nominative singular feminine, a proper name
kept	συνετήρει sunetērei	G4933	to keep closely together · verb — imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular
all	πάντα panta	G3956	all · adjective — accusative plural neuter
these	ταῦτα taûta	G5023	these things
things	ῥήματα rhēmata	G4487	an utterance (individually · noun — accusative plural neuter
pondered	συμβάλλουσα sumballousa	G4820	to combine · verb — present active participle, nominative singular feminine
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
her	αὐτῆς. autēs	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular feminine
heart	καρδίᾳ kardia	G2588	the heart · noun — dative singular feminine

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Cross-references

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.
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…
Proverbs 4:4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Genesis 37:11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
1 Samuel 21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
Hosea 14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall w…
Luke 9:43-44 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disci…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 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 offence of them; for even when he humbled himself God did in some measure exalt him and give him earnests of his future exaltation. When we saw him wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger, we were tempted to say, "Surely this cannot be the Son of God." But see his birth attended, as it is here, with a choir of angels, and we shall say, "Surely this cannot be the Son of God." But see his birth attended, as it is here, with a choir of angels, and we shall say, "Surely it can be no other than the Son of God, concerning whom it was said, when h…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 2:17

made known abroad--before their return (Luk 2:20), and thus were the first evangelists [BENGEL].

Adam Clarke on Luke 2:19

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.

John Gill on Luke 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 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.

John Calvin on Luke 2:15-21

The Church Fathers

(Metaphrastes) Whatever the Angel had said unto her, whatever she had heard from Zacharias, and Elisabeth, and the shepherds, she collected them all in her mind, and comparing them together, perceived in all one harmony. Truly, He was God who was born from her.
— Ancient Greek Expositor ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

For keeping the laws of virgin modesty, she who had known the secrets of Christ would divulge them to no one, but comparing what she had read in prophecy with what she now acknowledged to have taken place, she did not utter them with the mouth, but preserved them shut up in her heart.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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.
— Ambrose of Milan ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

Crucifixion — A common mode of punishment among heathen nations in early times. It is not certain whether it was known among the ancient Jews; probably it was not. The modes of capital punishment according to the…
Jesus — (1.) Joshua, the son of Nun (Acts 7:45; Heb. 4:8; R.V., “Joshua”). (2.) A Jewish Christian surnamed Justus (Col. 4:11). Je’sus, the proper, as Christ is the official, name of our Lord. To distinguish…
Jesus, The Christ · .Angels appear to the shepherds (in the vicinity of Bethlehem) — .Angels appear to the shepherds (in the vicinity of Bethlehem)
Mary · 1. The mother of Jesus — 1. The mother of Jesus
Shepherd · Angels appeared to — Angels appeared to

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:8-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 2:17

Adam Clarke on Luke 2:19

John Gill on Luke 2:19

John Calvin on Luke 2:15-21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:8-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 2:17

Adam Clarke on Luke 2:19

John Gill on Luke 2:19

John Calvin on Luke 2:15-21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 2:19