Luke 2:38

38Andκαὶsheαὐτῇat thatτῇhourὥρᾳhaving come upἐπιστᾶσαwas giving praiseἀνθωμολογεῖτοτῷto Godθεῷandκαὶwas speakingἐλάλειconcerningπερὶHimαὐτοῦto allπᾶσινthoseτοῖςwaiting forπροσδεχομένοις[the] redemptionλύτρωσινof JerusalemἸερουσαλήμ.

And having come up at that hour, she was giving praise to God and was speaking concerning Him to all those waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Vocab difficulty

68.6

Rare words

  • ἀνθωμολογεῖτο

    ἀνθομολογέομαι

    I make a mutual agreement; I confess, acknowledge, formally admit, give thanks to.

  • λύτρωσιν

    λύτρωσις

    (in the Old Testament: ransoming from imprisonment for debt, or from slavery, release from national misfortune, etc.), liberation, deliverance, release.