Luke 2:40
As Jesus grew up, he became strong and very wise, and God was very pleased with him.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
41Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover festival.
Cross References
Judges 13:24When their son was born, they named him Samson. Yahweh blessed him as he grew up.
1 Samuel 2:26The boy Samuel continued to grow up, and the things that he did pleased Yahweh and the people.
Psalms 22:9Why do you not protect me now as you did when I was born? I was safe even when I was ◄nursing/drinking milk from my mother’s breasts►.
Isaiah 11:1Like [MET] a new shoot often grows from the stump of a tree, there will be a descendant of King David who will be a new king.
Luke 1:80Later, Zechariah’s son grew up and became spiritually strong. Then he lived in a desolate region until he began to preach to the Israeli people.
Luke 2:52As the years passed, Jesus continued to become wiser and he grew taller. God and people continued to approve of him more and more.
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 →