Luke 2:52

And Yeshua increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

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And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

In Context

51And he went down with them and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:26The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with the LORD and also with men.

Luke 1:80The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Acts 7:9“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:42-52

Christ Sitting with the Doctors. 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45 And when they found him not,… Read the whole commentary →

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