Luke 2:40
“And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit filled with wisedome, and the grace of God was vpon him.”
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Luke 2:40 Context
38And she comming in that instant, gaue thankes likewise vnto the Lord, and spake of him to al them that looked for redemption in Hierusalem. 39And when they had performed all things according to the Lawe of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their owne citie Nazareth. 40And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit filled with wisedome, and the grace of God was vpon him. 41Now his parents went to Hierusalem euery yeere, at the feast of the Passeouer. 42And when he was twelue yeeres old, they went vp to Hierusalem, after the custome of the feast.
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Other Translations for Luke 2:40
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
- King James Version
The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.
- Basic English Bible
And the child grew and waxed strong [in spirit], filled with wisdom, and God's grace was upon him.
- Darby Bible
And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
- Webster's Bible
And the child grew and became strong and full of wisdom, and the favour of God rested upon Him.
- Weymouth Bible
The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
- World English Bible
And the child wexe, and was coumfortid, ful of wisdom; and the grace of God was in hym.
- Wycliffe Bible
and the child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Luke 2:40
2:40 And the child grew - In bodily strength and stature; and waxed strong in spirit - The powers of his human mind daily improved; filled with wisdom - By the light of the indwelling Spirit, which gradually opened itself in his soul; and the grace of God was upon him - That is, the peculiar favour of God rested upon him, even as man.
People's Bible Notes for Luke 2:40
Lu 2:40 The child grew. He was a child, and a child that grew in heart, in intellect, in size, in grace, in favor with God. Not a man in child's years. Filled with wisdom. The body advances in stature and the soul in wisdom. The divine nature revealed its own wisdom in proportion to the measure of the bodily growth (Cyril). In "the mystery of godliness: God manifest in the flesh" (1Ti 3:16), one of the inscrutable things that was that the Divine man should become a babe, not only in body, but in mind and wisdom.