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The Art of Spiritual Reflection
Commentators explain that Mary didn't just passively remember events; she actively "pondered" them. The original Greek suggests she was constantly comparing and connecting the angel's words, the shepherds' report, and other signs. This act of weighing and piecing together God's promises is a model for how believers can thoughtfully engage with Scripture and God's work in their own lives to build a deeper, more unified faith.
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Albert Barnes
On Luke 2:19
18th Century
Theologian
Mary kept all these things. All that happened, and all that was said about her child. She remembered what the angel had said to <…
AT Robertson
On Luke 2:19
Kept (συνετηρε). Imperfect active. She kept on keeping together (συν-) all these things. They were meat and drink to her. She was …
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 2:19
19th Century
Bishop
Mary kept all these things.—On the assumption that the whole narrative is traceable to the Virgin herself as its first a…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 2:18–19
19th Century
Preacher
And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them&md…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 2:19
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…
John Calvin
On Luke 2:19
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Luke 2:19
17th Century
Pastor
But Mary kept all these things
Which the shepherds had related to her:
and pondered [them] in her…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 2:8–20
17th Century
Minister
Angels were heralds of the newborn Savior, but they were only sent to some poor, humble, pious, industrious shepherds, who were attending to their …