Luke 2:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he came in the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might do concerning him after the custom of the law,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἦλθεν ἐν τῷ Πνεύματι εἰς τὸ ἱερόν: καὶ ἐν τῷ εἰσαγαγεῖν τοὺς γονεῖς τὸ παιδίον Ἰησοῦν, τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτοὺς κατὰ τὸ εἰθισμένον τοῦ νόμου περὶ αὐτοῦ,

Transliteration

And he ēlthen in the Pneumati into the hieron: and in the eisagagein the goneis the paidion Iēsoun, of the poiēsai them according to the eithismenon of the nomou concerning him,

Grammar Details

*ēlthen*: aorist indicative active, 3rd singular - he came/went
*Pneumati*: dative, neuter, singular - in/by Spirit
*hieron*: accusative, neuter, singular - temple
*eisagagein*: aorist infinitive active - to bring in/to lead in
*goneis*: accusative, masculine, plural - parents
*paidion*: accusative, neuter, singular - child/infant
*Iēsoun*: accusative, masculine, singular - Jesus [proper name]
*poiēsai*: aorist infinitive active - to do/perform
*eithismenon*: perfect participle passive, accusative, neuter, singular - having been customary/according to custom
*nomou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of law/custom

Word Meanings

*ēlthen*: came/went/arrived
*Pneumati*: Spirit/breath/wind
*hieron*: temple/sanctuary
*eisagagein*: to bring in/to introduce/to lead in
*goneis*: parents/progenitors
*paidion*: child/infant/little one
*poiēsai*: to do/to perform/to carry out
*eithismenon*: customary/habitual/according to custom
*nomou*: law/custom/ordinance

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Luke 2:41 : 41 And his parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.
Luke 2:48 : 48 And when they saw him, they were astonished; and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I sought thee sorrowing.
Luke 2:51 : 51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto them: and his mother kept all [these] sayings in her heart.
Acts 10:19 : 19 And while Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
Rev 17:3 : 3 And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Matt 4:1 : 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Luke 2:22 : 22 And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord
Acts 11:12 : 12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, making no distinction. And these six brethren also accompanied {G4862} me; and we entered into the man's house:
Acts 16:7 : 7 and when they were come over against Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not;
Rev 1:10 : 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet
Luke 4:1 : 1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness
Acts 8:29 : 29 And the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

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