Luke 2:40
and the Child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on Him.
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41And His parents were going yearly to Jerusalem, at the Celebration of the Passover,
Cross References
Judges 13:24And the woman bears a son, and calls his name Samson, and the youth grows, and YHWH blesses him,
1 Samuel 2:26And the youth Samuel is going on and growing up, and [is] good with both YHWH, and also with men.
Psalms 22:9For You [are] He bringing Me forth from the womb, || Causing Me to trust, || On the breasts of My mother.
Isaiah 11:1And a Rod has come out from the stock of Jesse, || And a Branch is fruitful from his roots.
Luke 1:80And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts until the day of his showing to Israel.
Luke 2:52and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favor 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 →