Luk 2:27 | RWP | e4.org | When the parents brought in the child Jesus ( εν τω εισαγαγειν τους γονεις το παιδιον Ιησουν ). A neat Greek and Hebrew idiom difficult to render into English, very common in the LXX; In the bringing the Child Jesus as to the parents . The articular infinitive and two accusatives (one the object, the other accusative of general reference). After the custom of the law ( κατα το ειθισμενον του νομου ). Here the perfect passive participle ειθισμενον , neuter singular from εθιζω (common Greek verb, to accustom) is used as a virtual substantive like το εθος in . Luke alone in the N.T. uses either word save εθος in , though ειωθα from εθω , occurs also in ; .

‏ Luke 2:27

When the parents brought in the child Jesus ( εν τω εισαγαγειν τους γονεις το παιδιον Ιησουν ). A neat Greek and Hebrew idiom difficult to render into English, very common in the LXX;

In the bringing the Child Jesus as to the parents. The articular infinitive and two accusatives (one the object, the other accusative of general reference).

After the custom of the law ( κατα το ειθισμενον του νομου ). Here the perfect passive participle ειθισμενον, neuter singular from εθιζω (common Greek verb, to accustom) is used as a virtual substantive like το εθος in 1:8. Luke alone in the N.T. uses either word save εθος in Joh 19:40, though ειωθα from εθω, occurs also in Mt 27:15; Mr 10:1.