Luke 2:52

And Jesus increased in stature, and in wisdom, and in grace, before God and men.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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, and was obedient to them. And his mother laid up all these things in her heart.

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Cross References

Luke 1:80And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit. And he was in the wilderness, until the day of his manifestation to Israel.

Acts 7:9And those our fathers envied Joseph, and sold him into Egypt: but 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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