Luke 2:52 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 2:52

And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

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ASV

And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

KJV

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

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Commentary

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Basil of Caesarea

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (379)

(in Const. Mon. 4.) But from His very first years being obedient to His parents, He endured all bodily labours, humbly and reverently. For since His parents were honest and just, yet at the same time poor, and ill supplied with the necessaries of life, (as the stable which administered to the holy birth bears witness,) it is plain that they continually underwent bodily fatigue in providing for their daily wants. But Jesus being obedient to them, as the Scriptures testify, even in sustaining labours, submitted Himself to a complete subjection.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (444)

(Thes. l. x. c. 7.) But the Eunomian Hereticsb say, "How can He be equal to the Father in substance, who is said to increase, as if before imperfect." But not because He is the Word, but because He is made man, He is said to receive increase. For if He really increased after that He was made flesh, as having before existed imperfect, why then do we give Him thanks as having thence become incarnate for us?

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Jesus increased in wisdom - As to his human nature, and in favour with God - In proportion to that increase. It plainly follows, that though a man were pure, even as Christ was pure, still he would have room to increase in holiness, and in consequence thereof to increase in the favour, as well as in the love of God.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

These verses should always be deeply interesting to a reader of the Bible. They record the only facts which we know about our Lord Jesus Christ during the first thirty years of His life on earth, after His infancy. How many things a Christian would like to know about the events of those thirty years, and the daily history of the house at Nazareth! But we need not doubt that there is wisdom in the silence of Scripture on the subject. If it had been good for us to know more — then more would have been revealed.

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Hebraic traditional view

Why a boy from Galilee was in Jerusalem

The Law asked every Israelite male to appear in Jerusalem three times a year, Passover chief among them (Deuteronomy 16:16). Galilean families like Joseph's traveled in large caravans of relatives and neighbors: several days on the road each way. That is why Jesus' parents could travel a full day assuming He was “in the company”: a caravan was a moving village. The Mishnah's tractate on the festival visit opens with exactly who was obligated to make this trip (Chagigah 1:1): men were bound, women and children came freely, and Mary came.

Sources: Deuteronomy 16:16 (the pilgrimage command) · Mishnah Chagigah 1:1 (who must appear)

Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
προέκοπτεν	proekopten	was continuing to advance	G4298 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	<the>	G3588 →
σοφίᾳ	sophia	wisdom	G4678 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡλικίᾳ	hēlikia	stature	G2244 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
χάριτι	chariti	in favor	G5485 →
παρὰ	para	with	G3844 →
θεῷ	theō	God	G2316 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀνθρώποις.¶	anthrōpois	men.	G444 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 2:40
And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.
leads to
- Luke 1:80
  And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 11:1–5
  Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
- John 1:14
  The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- 1 Samuel 2:26
  And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.
Through
1 Samuel 2:26
And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.
leads to
- Luke 2:40
  And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 2:47
  praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
- 1 Samuel 2:21
  So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
Through
Romans 14:18
For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 8:21
  For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.

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01Commentary

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Why a boy from Galilee was in Jerusalem

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke