Luke 2 · Verse 19

Luke 2:19

But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
Luke 2:19, King James Version

Luke 2:19 in other translations

BSBBut Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
WEBBut Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
ASVBut Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
YLTand Mary was preserving all these things, pondering in her heart;
DARBYBut Mary kept all these things in her mind, pondering them in her heart.
BBEBut Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them.
WebsterBut Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

What does Luke 2:19 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 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; what had happened to Elisabeth 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, 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.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 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 their calling, keeping watch over their flock. We are not out of the way of Divine visits, when we are employed in an honest calling, and abide with God in it. Let God have the honour of this work; Glory to God in the highest. God's good-will to men, manifested in…

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Luke 2:19 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἩHē<the>G3588
δὲdeButG1161
ΜαριὰμMariamMaryG3137
πάνταpantaallG3956
συνετήρειsunetēreiwas treasuring upG4933
τὰta<the>G3588
ῥήματαrhēmatadeclarationsG4487
ταῦταtautatheseG3778
συμβάλλουσαsumballousapondering [them]G4820
ἐνeninG1722
τῇtēatheG3588
καρδίᾳkardiaheartG2588
αὐτῆς.autēsof her.G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 2:19

  • 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.

  • 1 Samuel 21:12

    And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

  • Genesis 37:11

    And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

  • 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 walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

  • 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 disciples, Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
51; 1:66; 9:43,44; Ge 37:11; 1Sa 21:12; Pr 4:4; Ho 14:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 2:18

    And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

  • Luke 2:19

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

  • Luke 2:20

    And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

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Luke 2:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas María guardaba todas estas cosas, confiriéndolas en su corazón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Marie gardait toutes ces choses par-devers elle, les repassant dans son cœur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Maria aber bewahrte alle diese Worte und erwog sie in ihrem Herzen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Maria autem conservabat omnia verba hæc, conferens in corde suo.