Luke 2:40

And the baby started to grow big and strong, and he got wise too. And God was good to him.

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In The King James Version

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

In Context

39After that, Joseph and Mary finished doing everything that their law said they had to do. Then they went back home, to Nazareth, in Galilee country.

41The Jewish people have a ceremony every year called Passover. Every year Joseph and Mary went to Jerusalem for that ceremony.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:26But the boy Samuel was growing up the right way. God loved him and so did everybody else.

Psalms 22:9But you have cared for me all my life. You were my God even when I was inside my mother. You kept me safe when I was born, and you made me feel safe in my mother’s arms.

Luke 1:80After that, baby John grew up to be a man, and God made his spirit strong. He went and lived out in the bush for years, until he started to tell the Israel people God’s messages.

Luke 2:52Jesus grew up to be a man, and as he got bigger, he became very wise too. God was really happy with him, and so was everyone that knew him.

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 →

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