MAT 2:10 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST When they saw how the star moved and then stopped, they were extremely happy.

AICNT And when they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

OEB At the sight of the star they were filled with joy.

WEBBE When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET When they saw the star they shouted joyfully.

LSV And having seen the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy,

FBV When they saw the star[fn] they couldn't contain their happiness!

2:10 Clearly meaning when they saw the star stop, since they had already seen the star and followed it all the way from their home in the east.

TCNT When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

T4T When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly and followed it.

LEB Now when they[fn] saw the star, they rejoiced with very great joy.

2:10 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal

BBE And when they saw the star they were full of joy.

Moff When they caught sight of the star, they were intensely glad;

Wymth When they saw the star, the sight filled them with intense joy.

ASV And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

DRA And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

YLT And having seen the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy,

Drby And when they saw the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

RV And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

SLT And seeing the star, they rejoiced with great joy exceedingly.

Wbstr When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

KJB-1769 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

KJB-1611 When they saw the Starre, they reioyced with exceeding great ioy.
(When they saw the Starre, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.)

Bshps When they sawe the starre, they reioyced excedyngly with great ioy.
(When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.)

Gnva And when they sawe the starre, they reioyced with an exceeding great ioy,
(And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with an exceeding great joy, )

Cvdl When they sawe the starre, they were maruelously glad:
(When they saw the star, they were marvellously glad:)

TNT When they sawe the starre they were marvelously glad:
(When they saw the star they were marvellously glad: )

Wycl And thei siyen the sterre, and ioyeden with a ful greet ioye.
(And they saw the sterre, and enjoyed with a full great joy.)

Luth Da sie den Stern sahen, wurden sie hocherfreut
(So they/she/them the Stern saw, became they/she/them higherfreut)

ClVg Videntes autem stellam gavisi sunt gaudio magno valde.[fn]
(Seentes however starm gavisi are with_joy great/highly very_much. )

2.10 Gavisi sunt gaudio magno, etc. Gaudio gaudet, qui propter Deum (qui verum gaudium est) gaudet. Addit et magno, quo nihil est majus. Et valde gavisi, quia de magno potest alius plus, alius minus gaudere.

2.10 Gavisi are with_joy great/highly, etc. Gaudio rejoices, who/which because God (qui true joy it_is) rejoices. Addit and great/highly, where nothing it_is greater. And very_much gavisi, because from/about great/highly can another plus, another minus to_rejoice.

UGNT ἰδόντες δὲ τὸν ἀστέρα, ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα.
(idontes de ton astera, eⱪaraʸsan ⱪaran megalaʸn sfodra.)

SBL-GNT ἰδόντες δὲ τὸν ἀστέρα ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα.
(idontes de ton astera eⱪaraʸsan ⱪaran megalaʸn sfodra.)

RP-GNT Ἰδόντες δὲ τὸν ἀστέρα, ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα.
(Idontes de ton astera, eⱪaraʸsan ⱪaran megalaʸn sfodra.)

TC-GNT Ἰδόντες δὲ τὸν ἀστέρα, ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα.
(Idontes de ton astera, eⱪaraʸsan ⱪaran megalaʸn sfodra. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 2:1–12: Wise men came and honored Jesus

In this section, Matthew showed his readers that:

Jesus was indeed born in Bethlehem as scripture predicted (even though he would later move to Nazareth, and people considered him to be a Nazarene).
The Jewish religious teachers who knew the law did not go to worship the king of the Jews. It was the Gentile wise men who worshiped him.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

The Visit of the Wise Men (NET)

Visitors from the East (GNT)

2:10

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.

When they saw the star again, they were extremely happy!
When these men saw the star appear, they were thrilled.

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight: There are two ways to interpret this clause:

The wise men were overjoyed when they saw the star reappear. The GNT shows that it follows this interpretation by reordering 2:9–10:
^9band on their way they saw the same star…. ¹⁰When they saw it, how happy they were, what joy was theirs! ^9bIt went ahead of them… (GNT) (GNT)The commentators who follow this interpretation are: Carson, page 88; Lenski, page 69; Meyer, page 63; Blomberg, page 65; Mounce, page 15; Nolland, page 116; Hendriksen, page 169; Morris, page 41; Hagner, page 30.
The wise men were overjoyed when they saw the star stop over the place where Jesus was. For example:
When they saw that the star had stopped (NRSV) (NRSV)The commentators who follow this interpretation are: France (2007), page 74; Newman & Stine, page 41.

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1). Most English versions are ambiguous and it is not possible to tell which interpretation they follow. But most commentators follow interpretation (1).

When they saw the star: Evidently, the wise men had not seen the star for some time. Then it appeared and they saw it again.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

When they saw the star appear

When they saw the star again

they rejoiced with great delight: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as they rejoiced with great delight means “they became extremely happy.”

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

they were filled with joy! (NLT)

they were very happy

General Comment on 2:9–10

In some languages, it may be more natural to put 2:10 in the middle of 2:9. For example:

^9aSo after hearing what the king said, they left. ^9bOn their way they saw the same star that they had seen rise. ¹⁰When they saw it, they were extremely happy. ^9bThe star continued going ahead of them. ^9cIt moved on until it stopped over the place where the young child was.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἰδόντες & τὸν ἀστέρα

˓having˒_seen & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἰδόντες Δέ τόν ἀστέρα ἐχάρησαν χαράν μεγάλην σφόδρα)

Matthew could mean that: (1) they saw how the star moved and then stopped over where Jesus was. Alternate translation: [having seen that the star had stopped] or [having seen that the star was guiding them] (2) they saw that the star had appeared again. Alternate translation: [having seen the star again] or [having seen the star reappear]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα

˱they˲_˓were˒_elated (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἰδόντες Δέ τόν ἀστέρα ἐχάρησαν χαράν μεγάλην σφόδρα)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of joy or would not use both the noun joy and the verb rejoiced together, you could express the same idea by using only the verb. Alternate translation: [they rejoiced very much] or [they rejoiced exceedingly greatly]

Parallel MAT 2:10

Section 2:1–12: Wise men came and honored Jesus

2:10

General Comment on 2:9–10