Luk 2:15 | RWP | e4.org | Said to one another ( ελαλουν προς αλληλους ). Imperfect tense, inchoative, "began to speak," each to the other. It suggests also repetition, they kept saying, Now ( δη ). A particle of urgency. This thing ( το ρημα τουτο ). A Hebraistic and vernacular use of ρημα (something said) as something done. See on . The ancient Greek used λογος in this same way.

‏ Luke 2:15

Said to one another ( ελαλουν προς αλληλους ). Imperfect tense, inchoative, "began to speak," each to the other. It suggests also repetition, they kept saying,

Now ( δη ). A particle of urgency.

This thing ( το ρημα τουτο ). A Hebraistic and vernacular use of ρημα (something said) as something done. See on Lu 1:65. The ancient Greek used λογος in this same way.