G1161–δέ–de

And they, having heard the king, departed, and lo, the star, that they did see in the east, did go before them, till, having come, it stood over where the child was.

δὲ de “And”

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

δὲ de “now”

And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, `Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.'

δὲ de “then”

And he, having risen, took the child and his mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

δὲ de “And”

And Herod having died, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream doth appear to Joseph in Egypt,

δὲ de “now”

And he, having risen, took the child and his mother, and came to the land of Israel,

δὲ de “And”

and having heard that Archelaus doth reign over Judea instead of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither, and having been divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew to the parts of Galilee,

δὲ de “now”δὲ de “now”

And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,

δὲ de “then”

And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.

δὲ de “now”δὲ de “and”

And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?

δὲ de “now”

and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.

δὲ de “now”

`I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

δὲ de “however”

whose fan `is' in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'

δὲ de “but”

but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me!'

δὲ de “But”

But Jesus answering said to him, `Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfill all righteousness,' then he doth suffer him.

δὲ de “however”

And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,

δὲ de “now”

But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

δὲ de “But”

And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,

δὲ de “now”

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea -- for they were fishers --

δὲ de “now”

and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.

δὲ de “And”

and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.

δὲ de “And”

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him,

δὲ de “then”

`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

δὲ de “however”

`Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands -- the least -- and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach `them', he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.

δ᾽ d᾽ “now”

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

δ᾽ d᾽ “now”