Luke 2:40
Now the child grew, and he was strengthened with the fullness of wisdom. And the grace of God was in him.
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In Context
41And his parents went every year to Jerusalem, at the time of the solemnity of Passover.
Cross References
Judges 13:24And so she bore a son, and she called his name Samson. And the boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.
1 Samuel 2:26But the youth Samuel advanced, and grew up, and he was pleasing to the Lord, as well as to men.
Isaiah 11:1And a rod will go forth from the root of Jesse, and a flower will ascend from his root.
Luke 1:80And the child grew, and he was strengthened in spirit. And he was in the wilderness, until the day of his manifestation to Israel.
Luke 2:52And Jesus advanced in wisdom, and in age, and in grace, with God and men.
Matthew Henry on Luke 2:26-41
Christ and Simeon in the Temple; Anna in the Temple. 25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. 26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, 28 Then took he him up in his… Read the whole commentary →