Luke 2:40
And the Child grew and became strong in spirit. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.
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In Context
41Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
Cross References
Judges 13:24So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.
1 Samuel 2:26And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.
Psalms 22:9Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.
Isaiah 11:1Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
Luke 1:80And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.
Luke 2:52And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
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 →