Luke 2
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Luke 2:33-40

33And His fatherπατὴρpatērG3962andmotherμήτηρmētērG3384were amazedθαυμάζοντεςthaumazontesG2296at the things which were being saidλαλουμένοιςlaloumenoisG2980aboutπερὶperiG4012Him.
34And SimeonΣυμεὼνSumeōnG4826blessedεὐλόγησενeulogēsenG2127them and saidG3004to MaryΜαριὰμMariamG3137His motherμητέραmēteraG3384, “BeholdἰδοὺidouG2400,thisοὗτοςhoutosG3778Childis appointedκεῖταιkeitaiG2749forthe fallπτῶσινptōsinG4431andriseἀνάστασινanastasinG386of manyπολλῶνpollōnG4183in IsraelἸσραὴλIsraēlG2474,and for a signσημεῖονsēmeionG4592to be opposedἀντιλεγόμενον.antilegomenonG483--
35and a swordῥομφαίαrhomphaiaG4501will pierceδιελεύσεταιdieleusetaiG1330evenκαὶkaiG2532your ownαὐτῆςautēsG846soulψυχὴνpsuchēnG5590--to the endὅπωςhopōsG3704that thoughtsδιαλογισμοί.¶dialogismoiG1261from manyπολλῶνpollōnG4183heartsκαρδιῶνkardiōnG2588may be revealedἀποκαλυφθῶσινapokaluphthōsinG601.”
36And there was aprophetessπροφῆτις,prophētisG4398,AnnaἍνναHannaG451the daughterθυγάτηρthugatērG2364of PhanuelΦανουήλ,PhanouēlG5323, ofthe tribeφυλῆςphulēsG5443of AsherἈσήρ·AsērG768.She was advancedπροβεβηκυῖαprobebēkuiaG4260inyearsG2250and had livedζήσασαzēsasaG2198with herhusbandἀνδρὸςandrosG435sevenἑπτὰheptaG2033yearsG2250afterἀπὸapoG575hermarriageπαρθενίαςpartheniasG3932,
37and then as a widowχήραchēraG5503to the ageἐτῶνetōnG2094of eighty-fourὀγδοήκοντα τεσσάρωνogdoēkonta tessarōnG3589G5064.She neverοὐκoukG3756leftἀφίστατοaphistatoG868the templeG2413,servingλατρεύουσαlatreuousaG3000nightνύκταnuktaG3571and dayἡμέραν·hēmeranG2250withfastingsνηστείαιςnēsteiaisG3521and prayersδεήσεσινdeēsesinG1162.
38At that veryG846momentὥρᾳhōraG5610she cameἐπιστᾶσαepistasaG2186up and begangivingG437thanksG437to GodθεῷtheōG2316,and continued to speakἐλάλειelaleiG2980of Him to allπᾶσινpasinG3956thoseG3588who werelookingπροσδεχομένοιςprosdechomenoisG4327for the redemptionλύτρωσινlutrōsinG3085of JerusalemἸερουσαλήμ.¶IerousalēmG2419.
39WhenὡςhōsG5613they had performedἐτέλεσανetelesanG5055everythingπάνταpantaG3956accordingκατὰkataG2596to the LawνόμονnomonG3551of the Lordκυρίου,kuriouG2962,they returnedἐπέστρεψανepestrepsanG1994to GalileeΓαλιλαίανGalilaianG1056, totheir ownἑαυτῶνhe'autōnG1438cityπόλινpolinG4172of NazarethΝαζαρέθ.¶NazarethG3478.
40The ChildπαιδίονpaidionG3813continued to growηὔξανενēuxanenG837and becomeG2901strongG2901,increasingπληρούμενονplēroumenonG4137in wisdomσοφίᾳ,sophiaG4678;and the graceχάριςcharisG5485of GodθεοῦtheouG2316was upon Him.
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