G1161–δέ–de

And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.

δὲ de “And”

Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world.

δὲ de “then”

And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,

δὲ de “then”

And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

δὲ de “then”

And when they saw it, they gave them an account of the things which had been said to them about the child.

δὲ de “now”

But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them.

δὲ de “But”

(And a sword will go through your heart;) so that the secret thoughts of men may come to light.

δὲ de “also”

And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.

δὲ de “And”

And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends,

δὲ de “now”

And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at his knowledge and the answers which he gave.

δὲ de “then”

Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene,

δὲ de “then”δὲ de “now”

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.

δὲ de “now”

And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same.

δὲ de “now”

Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?

δὲ de “then”

And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.

δὲ de “And”

And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.

δὲ de “then”

And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,

δὲ de “then”

John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

δὲ de “however”

In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out.

δὲ de “But”

But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,

δὲ de “And”

Now it came about that when all the people had been given baptism, Jesus, having had baptism with them, was in prayer, when, the heaven being open,

δὲ de “now”

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the Jordan, and was guided by the Spirit in the waste land

δὲ de “then”

And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God, give orders to this stone to become bread.

δὲ de “then”

And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings,

δὲ de “also”

Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing.

δὲ de “then”