Kept (συνετηρε). Imperfect active. She kept on keeping together (συν-) all these things. They were meat and drink to her. She was …

Mary kept all these things. All that happened, and all that was said about her child. She remembered what the angel had said to <…

Mary kept all these things.—On the assumption that the whole narrative is traceable to the Virgin herself as its first a…

Praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone a…

Greek Expositors: The shepherds were filled with astonishment at the things they saw and heard, and so they left their shee…

In contrast to the overreaction of the people, Mary meditates on the meaning of it all (cf. v.51). Just as the seventy-two disciples later returned…

Now Mary kept: Mary’s diligence in contemplating the works of God is set before us for two reasons: first, to inform us that this treasure…

But Mary kept all these things
Which the shepherds had related to her:

Angels were heralds of the newborn Savior, but they were only sent to some poor, humble, pious, industrious shepherds, who were attending to their …