Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him. New Living Translation There the child grew up healthy and strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God’s favor was on him. English Standard Version And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him. Berean Standard Bible And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him. Berean Literal Bible And the Child continued to grow and become strong, being filled with wisdom. And the grace of God was upon Him. King James Bible And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. New King James Version And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him. New American Standard Bible Now the Child continued to grow and to become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the favor of God was upon Him. NASB 1995 The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him. NASB 1977 And the Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him. Legacy Standard Bible Now the Child continued to grow and become strong, being filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him. Amplified Bible And the Child continued to grow and become strong [in spirit], filled with wisdom; and the grace (favor, spiritual blessing) of God was upon Him. Christian Standard Bible The boy grew up and became strong, filled with wisdom, and God’s grace was on him. Holman Christian Standard Bible The boy grew up and became strong, filled with wisdom, and God’s grace was on Him. American Standard Version And the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But The Boy was growing and being strengthened in spirit and he was filled with wisdom and the grace of God was upon him. Contemporary English Version The child Jesus grew. He became strong and wise, and God blessed him. Douay-Rheims Bible And the child grew, and waxed strong, full of wisdom; and the grace of God was in him. English Revised Version And the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. GOD'S WORD® Translation The child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God's favor was with him. Good News Translation The child grew and became strong; he was full of wisdom, and God's blessings were upon him. International Standard Version Meanwhile, the child continued to grow and to become strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God's favor rested upon him. Literal Standard Version and the Child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on Him. Majority Standard Bible And the Child grew and became strong in spirit. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him. New American Bible The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him. NET Bible And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him. New Revised Standard Version The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him. New Heart English Bible The child was growing, and was becoming strong, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. Webster's Bible Translation And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. Weymouth New Testament And the child grew and became strong and full of wisdom, and the favour of God rested upon Him. World English Bible The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. Young's Literal Translation and the child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Return to Nazareth39When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. 40And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him. 41Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.… Cross References 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. 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. Luke 2:52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Treasury of Scripture And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was on him. the child. Luke 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. Judges 13:24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. 1 Samuel 2:18,26 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod… strong. Luke 1:80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 2 Timothy 2:1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. filled. Luke 2:47,52 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers… Isaiah 11:1-5 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: … Colossians 2:2,3 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; … the grace. Psalm 45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Acts 4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. Jump to Previous Accomplished Child Continued Filled Galilee God's Grace Grew Grow Growing Increasing Law Nazareth Required Soon Spirit Strong Tall Waxed WisdomJump to Next Accomplished Child Continued Filled Galilee God's Grace Grew Grow Growing Increasing Law Nazareth Required Soon Spirit Strong Tall Waxed WisdomLuke 2 1. Augustus taxes all the Roman empire.6. The nativity of Jesus. 8. An angel relates it to the shepherds, and many sing praises to God for it. 15. The shepherds glorify God. 21. Jesus is circumcised. 22. Mary purified. 25. Simeon and Anna prophesy of Jesus, 39. who increases in wisdom, 41. questions in the temple with the teachers, 51. and is obedient to his parents. (40) Waxed strong in spirit.--The better MSS. omit the last two words. Filled with wisdom.--The Greek participle implies the continuous process of "being filled," and so conveys the thought expressed in Luke 2:52, of an increase of wisdom. The soul of Jesus was human, i.e., subject to the conditions and limitations of human knowledge, and learnt as others learn. The heresy of Apollinarius, who constructed a theory of the Incarnation on the assumption that the Divine Word (the Logos of St. John's Gospel) took, in our Lord's humanity, the place of the human mind or intellect, is thus, as it were, anticipated and condemned. The grace of God was upon him.--The words seem chosen to express a different thought from that used to describe the growth of the Baptist. Here there was more than guidance, more than strength, a manifest outflowing of the divine favour in the moral beauty of a perfectly holy childhood. On the history of the period between this and the next verses, see Excursus in the Notes on Matthew 2. Verse 40. - And the Child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. Another of this evangelist's solemn pauses in his narrative. In this short statement the story of twelve quiet years is told. From these few words St. Luke evidently understands the humanity of Jesus as a reality. The statement that "he waxed strong, filled with wisdom" (the words, "in spirit," do not occur in the older authorities), tells us that, in the teaching of SS. Paul and Luke, the Boy learnt as others learnt, subject to the ordinary growth and development of human knowledge; thus condemning, as it were, by anticipation, the strange heresy of Apollinarius, who taught that the Divine Word (the Logos) took, in our Lord's humanity, the place of the human mind or intellect. And the grace of God was upon him. The legendary apocryphal Gospels are rich in stories of the Child Jesus' doings during these many years. But the silence of the holy four, whose testimony has been received now since the last years of the first century by the whole Church, is our authority for assuming that no work of power was done, and probably that no word of teaching was spoken, until the public ministry commenced, when the Messiah had reached his thirtieth year. "Take notice here," wrote Bonaventura, quoted by Farrar, "that his doing nothing wonderful was itself a kind of wonder.... As there was power in his actions, so is there power in his silence, in his inactivity, in his retirement."Parallel Commentaries ... Greek AndConjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. the Article - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Child παιδίον (paidion) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3813: Neuter diminutive of pais; a childling, i.e., an infant, or a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature Christian. grew Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 837: (a) I cause to increase, become greater (b) I increase, grow. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to grow, i.e. Enlarge. and Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. became strong. ἐκραταιοῦ Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2901: To strengthen, confirm; pass: I grow strong, become strong. From krataios; to empower, i.e. increase in vigor. He was filled πληρούμενον (plēroumenon) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 4137: From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc. with wisdom, σοφίᾳ (sophia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 4678: Wisdom, insight, skill (human or divine), intelligence. From sophos; wisdom. and Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. [the] grace χάρις (charis) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 5485: From chairo; graciousness, of manner or act. of God Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. was ἦ Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. upon ἐ Preposition Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at. Him. Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. Links Luke 2:40 NIVLuke 2:40 NLT Luke 2:40 ESV Luke 2:40 NASB Luke 2:40 KJV Luke 2:40 BibleApps.com Luke 2:40 Biblia Paralela Luke 2:40 Chinese Bible Luke 2:40 French Bible Luke 2:40 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Luke 2:40 The child was growing and was becoming (Luke Lu Lk) |
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