When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
ἀστέρα, ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα.αστεραν εχαρησαν χαραν μεγαλην σφοδρααστεραν εχαρησαν χαραν μεγαλην σφοδρα·ἐχάρισαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα·ἐ ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα·μεγάλιν σφόδρα·. μεγάλην σφόδρα·Ἰ δόντες δὲ τὸν ἀστέρα. ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα.η- σφόδρα.ὸ- ἀστέρα, ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα·Ἰ δόντες δὲ τὸν ἀστέρα, ἐχάρησαν χαρὰ- μεγάλην σφόδρα.Ἐ χάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα·Δ ὲ τὸν ἀστέρα, ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα·Ἱ δόντες δὲ τὸν ἀστέρα. ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα.c )]s )]
# Manucript Date Location View
1 GA_01 4th Century London, British Library
2 GA_032 4th–5th Century Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
3 GA_05 5th Century Cambridge, University Library
4 GA_019 8th Century Paris, France, Bibliotheque Nationale
5 GA_07 8th Century Basel, Switzerland, Universitätsbibliothek
6 GA_021 9th Century Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
7 GA_037 9th Century Abbey Library of St. Gallen, Switzerland
8 GA_Lect_425 9th-10th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
9 GA_0211 9th Century Tbilisi, National Centre of Manuscripts
10 GA_017 9th Century Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
11 GA_2414 10th Century Zagora, Greece, Public Historical Library of Zagora
12 GA_773 10th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
13 GA_2907 10th Century UK, private collection
14 GA_34 10th Century Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale
15 GA_106 11th–12th Century Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
16 GA_124 11th Century Austrian National Library, Vienna
17 GA_230 11th Century The Royal Library of El Escorial, Escorial
18 GA_2370 11th Century Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
19 GA_473_Lambeth22 11th Century London, United Kingdom, Lambeth Palace Library
20 GA_700 11th Century London, UK, British Library
21 GA_785 11th-12th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
22 GA_804 11th Century Hellenic Parliament Library, Athens
23 GA_798 11th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
24 GA_796 11th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
25 GA_788 11th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
26 GA_780 11th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
27 GA_774 11th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
28 GA_200 11th Century Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
29 GA_1691 11th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
30 GA_1413 11th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
31 GA_Lect_434 12th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
32 GA_178 12th Century The Angelica Library, Rome
33 GA_2478 12th-13th Century Krakow, Poland, The Princes Czartoryski Library
34 GA_346_KC 12th Century Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana
35 GA_791 12th-13th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
36 GA_793 12th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
37 GA_787 12th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
38 GA_782 12th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
39 GA_779 12th-13th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
40 GA_778 12th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
41 GA_777 12th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
42 GA_760 12th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
43 GA_543 12th Century University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
44 GA_1 12th Century Basel, University Library
45 GA_1692 12th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
46 GA_1418 12th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
47 GA_1416 12th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
48 GA_1415 12th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
49 GA_1689_Prague 13th Century Prague, Czech Republic, Academy of Sciences Library
50 GA_775 13th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
51 GA_759 13th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
52 GA_757 13th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
53 GA_544 13th Century University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
54 GA_2374_Walters 13th-14th Century Baltimore, Maryland, Walters Art Museum
55 GA_260_BNF 13th Century Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale
56 GA_2525 13th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
57 GA_1697 13th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
58 GA_1690 13th-14th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
59 GA_783 14th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
60 GA_781 14th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
61 GA_772 14th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
62 GA_764 14th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
63 GA_763 14th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
64 GA_761 14th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
65 GA_762 14th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
66 GA_758 14th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
67 GA_1695 14th Century National Library of Greece, Athens
68 GA_545 15th Century University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
(1)
αστερα : א¹, B, D, E, K, L, M, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 22, 27, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 46, 57, 65, 72, 83, 109, 113, 116, 157, 182, 200, 201, 230, 272, 438, 439, 476, 478, 490, 500, 501, 504, 505, 543, 556, 699, 700, 892, 1203, 1582, 2603, ℓ1086,
Majority , Eusebius of Caesarea
(2)
αστεραν : א*, C
(3)
εχαρησαν : א, B, D, E, L, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 22, 27, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 46, 57, 65, 72, 83, 109, 113, 116, 157, 182, 200, 201, 230, 272, 438, 439, 476, 478, 490, 500, 501, 504, 505, 543, 556, 699, 700, 892, 1203, 1582, 2603, ℓ1086
(4)
εχαρισαν : K
(5)
εεχαρησαν : M
(6)
μεγαλην : א, B, D, E, K, L, S, M, W, Δ, Σ, 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 22, 27, 33, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 46, 57, 65, 72, 83, 109, 113, 116, 157, 182, 200, 201, 230, 272, 438, 439, 476, 478, 490, 500, 501, 504, 505, 543, 556, 699, 700, 892, 1203, 1582, 2603, ℓ1086,
Majority
(7)
μεγαλιν : Ω
(1) Eusebius of Caesarea (Demonstratio Evangelica, p330, 11, Eusebius Werke, Ivar A. Heikel )ἀστέρα ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα.
p404, 17, Eusebius Werke, Ivar A. Heikel )ἀστέρα ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα,(a) Ἰδόντες δὲ τὸν ἀστέρα – There is a remarkable passage concerning the Star of Bethlehem in Ignatius’ epistle to the Ephesians:
A star shone forth in heaven above all the other stars, the light of which was inexpressible, while its novelty struck men with astonishment. And all the rest of the stars, with the sun and moon, formed a chorus to this star, and its light was exceedingly great above them all. (Ephesians 19)(b) ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα – This is Hebrew to the last word, מאד , σφόδρα . In Greek the adverb is not added.
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