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Matthew 2

Greek — Tischendorf 8th edition · 23 verses

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  1. 1

    Τοῦ δὲ Ἰησοῦ γεννηθέντος ἐν Βηθλέεμ τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἐν ἡμέραις Ἡρῴδου τοῦ βασιλέως ἰδοὺ μάγοι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν παρεγένοντο εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα

    the · but · Jesus · to beget · in · Bethlehem · the · Judea · in · day · Herod · the · king · to see · magus · from · east · to appear · into · Jerusalem

  2. 2

    λέγοντες ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ τεχθεὶς βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων εἴδομεν γὰρ αὐτοῦ τὸν ἀστέρα ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ καὶ ἤλθομεν προσκυνῆσαι αὐτῷ

    to say · somewhere · to be · the · to produce · king · the · Jewish · to see · for · he · the · star · in · the · east · and · to come · to worship · he

  3. 3

    ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἡρῴδης ἐταράχθη καὶ πᾶσα Ἱεροσόλυμα μετ’ αὐτοῦ

    to hear · but · the · king · Herod · to disturb · and · all · Jerusalem · with · he

  4. 4

    καὶ συναγαγὼν πάντας τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ γραμματεῖς τοῦ λαοῦ ἐπυνθάνετο παρ’ αὐτῶν ποῦ ὁ Χριστὸς γεννᾶται

    and · to gather together · all · the · high priest · and · scribe · the · people · to ask · from · he · somewhere · the · Christ · to beget

  5. 5

    οἱ δὲ εἶπαν αὐτῷ ἐν Βηθλέεμ τῆς Ἰουδαίας οὕτως γὰρ γέγραπται διὰ τοῦ προφήτου

    the · but · to say · he · in · Bethlehem · the · Judea · thus · for · to write · through · the · prophet

  6. 6

    καὶ σύ Βηθλέεμ γῆ Ἰούδα οὐδαμῶς ἐλαχίστη εἶ ἐν τοῖς ἡγεμόσιν Ἰούδα ἐκ σοῦ γὰρ ἐξελεύσεται ἡγούμενος ὅστις ποιμανεῖ τὸν λαόν μου τὸν Ἰσραήλ

    and · you · Bethlehem · earth · Judah · by no means · least · to be · in · the · ruler · Judah · from · you · for · to come forth · to govern · whoever · to shepherd · the · people · I · the · Israel

  7. 7

    τότε Ἡρῴδης λάθρᾳ καλέσας τοὺς μάγους ἠκρίβωσεν παρ’ αὐτῶν τὸν χρόνον τοῦ φαινομένου ἀστέρος

    then · Herod · secretly · to call · the · magus · to know accurately · from · he · the · time · the · to shine · star

  8. 8

    καὶ πέμψας αὐτοὺς εἰς Βηθλέεμ εἶπεν πορευθέντες ἐξετάσατε ἀκριβῶς περὶ τοῦ παιδίου ἐπὰν δὲ εὕρητε ἀπαγγείλατέ μοι ὅπως κἀγὼ ἐλθὼν προσκυνήσω αὐτῷ

    and · to send · he · into · Bethlehem · to say · to go · to search out · exactly · about · the · small child · after · but · to find · to report · I · how · and I · to come · to worship · he

  9. 9

    οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπορεύθησαν καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁ ἀστὴρ ὃν εἶδον ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ προῆγεν αὐτοὺς ἕως ἐλθὼν ἐστάθη ἐπάνω οὗ ἦν τὸ παιδίον

    the · but · to hear · the · king · to go · and · to see · the · star · who · to see · in · the · east · to lead forward · he · until · to come · to stand · above · where · to be · the · small child

  10. 10

    ἰδόντες δὲ τὸν ἀστέρα ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα

    to see · but · the · star · to rejoice · joy · great · exceedingly

  11. 11

    καὶ ἐλθόντες εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν εἶδον τὸ παιδίον μετὰ Μαρίας τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ πεσόντες προσεκύνησαν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀνοίξαντες τοὺς θησαυροὺς αὐτῶν προσήνεγκαν αὐτῷ δῶρα χρυσὸν καὶ λίβανον καὶ σμύρναν

    and · to come · into · the · house · to see · the · small child · with · Mary · the · mother · he · and · to fall · to worship · he · and · to open · the · treasure · he · to bring to · he · offering · gold · and · frankincense · and · myrrh

  12. 12

    καὶ χρηματισθέντες κατ’ ὄναρ μὴ ἀνακάμψαι πρὸς Ἡρῴδην δι’ ἄλλης ὁδοῦ ἀνεχώρησαν εἰς τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν

    and · to manage affairs · down · dream · not · to return · to · Herod · through · another · way · to return · into · the · region · he

  13. 13

    Ἀναχωρησάντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος κυρίου φαίνεται κατ’ ὄναρ τῷ Ἰωσὴφ λέγων ἐγερθεὶς παράλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ φεῦγε εἰς Αἴγυπτον καὶ ἴσθι ἐκεῖ ἕως ἂν εἴπω σοι μέλλει γὰρ Ἡρώδης ζητεῖν τὸ παιδίον τοῦ ἀπολέσαι αὐτό

    to return · but · he · to see · angel · Lord · to shine · down · dream · the · Joseph · to say · to raise · to receive · the · small child · and · the · mother · he · and · to flee · into · Egypt · and · to be · there · until · if · to say · you · to be about · for · Herod · to seek · the · small child · the · to destroy · he

  14. 14

    ὁ δὲ ἐγερθεὶς παρέλαβεν τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ νυκτὸς καὶ ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον

    the · but · to raise · to receive · the · small child · and · the · mother · he · night · and · to return · into · Egypt

  15. 15

    καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ ἕως τῆς τελευτῆς Ἡρώδου ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ κυρίου διὰ τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἐκάλεσα τὸν υἱόν μου

    and · to be · there · until · the · death · Herod · that · to fulfill · the · to speak · under · Lord · through · the · prophet · to say · from · Egypt · to call · the · son · I

  16. 16

    Τότε Ἡρώδης ἰδὼν ὅτι ἐνεπαίχθη ὑπὸ τῶν μάγων ἐθυμώθη λίαν καὶ ἀποστείλας ἀνεῖλεν πάντας τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς ἐν Βηθλεὲμ καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτῆς ἀπὸ διετοῦς καὶ κατωτέρω κατὰ τὸν χρόνον ὃν ἠκρίβωσεν παρὰ τῶν μάγων

    then · Herod · to see · that · to mock · under · the · magus · to provoke to anger · greatly · and · to send away · to take away · all · the · child · the · in · Bethlehem · and · in · all · the · boundaries · he · from · two-year-old · and · lower · down · the · time · who · to know accurately · from · the · magus

  17. 17

    τότε ἐπληρώθη τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ἰερεμίου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος

    then · to fulfill · the · to speak · through · Jeremiah · the · prophet · to say

  18. 18

    φωνὴ ἐν Ῥαμὰ ἠκούσθη κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὀδυρμὸς πολύς Ῥαχὴλ κλαίουσα τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν παρακληθῆναι ὅτι οὐκ εἰσίν

    voice · in · Ramah · to hear · weeping · and · lamentation · many · Rachel · to mourn · the · child · he · and · not · to will · to call beside · that · not · to be

  19. 19

    Τελευτήσαντος δὲ τοῦ Ἡρῴδου ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος κυρίου φαίνεται κατ’ ὄναρ τῷ Ἰωσὴφ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ

    to finish · but · the · Herod · to see · angel · Lord · to shine · down · dream · the · Joseph · in · Egypt

  20. 20

    λέγων ἐγερθεὶς παράλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ πορεύου εἰς γῆν Ἰσραήλ τεθνήκασιν γὰρ οἱ ζητοῦντες τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ παιδίου

    to say · to raise · to receive · the · small child · and · the · mother · he · and · to go · into · earth · Israel · to die · for · the · to seek · the · soul · the · small child

  21. 21

    ὁ δὲ ἐγερθεὶς παρέλαβεν τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς γῆν Ἰσραήλ

    the · but · to raise · to receive · the · small child · and · the · mother · he · and · to enter · into · earth · Israel

  22. 22

    ἀκούσας δὲ ὅτι Ἀρχέλαος βασιλεύει τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἀντὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ Ἡρῴδου ἐφοβήθη ἐκεῖ ἀπελθεῖν χρηματισθεὶς δὲ κατ’ ὄναρ ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὰ μέρη τῆς Γαλιλαίας

    to hear · but · that · Archelaus · to reign · the · Judea · against · the · father · he · Herod · to fear · there · to depart · to manage affairs · but · down · dream · to return · into · the · part · the · Galilee

  23. 23

    καὶ ἐλθὼν κατῴκησεν εἰς πόλιν λεγομένην Ναζαρέθ ὅπως πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ τῶν προφητῶν ὅτι Ναζωραῖος κληθήσεται

    and · to come · to dwell · into · city · to say · Nazareth · how · to fulfill · the · to speak · through · the · prophet · that · Nazarene · to call

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  • 23 Verses
  • 457 Greek words
  • 161 Distinct lemmas

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