Luke 2:52

Luke 2:52 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
• New International Version (NIV)And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

Context of Luke 2:52

50But they did not understand what He had said to them. 51He went down to Nazareth with them, and was continually submissive and obedient to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart. And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and men.

Luke 2:52 word by word

Καὶ Ἰησοῦς προέκοπτεν ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ καὶ χάριτι παρὰ θεῷ καὶ ἀνθρώποις.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• increasedπροκόπτωprokoptō · to advanceG4298
• in wisdomσοφίαsophia · wisdomG4678
• statureἡλικίαhēlikia · age/heightG2244
• in favourχάριςcharis · graceG5485
• withπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444

Cross-references for Luke 2:52

• Luke 2:40And the Child continued to grow and become strong [in spirit], filled with wisdom; and the grace (favor, spiritual blessing) of God was upon Him.
• Luke 1:80The child continued to grow and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel [as John the Baptist, the forerunner of the Messiah].
• 1 Samuel 2:26But the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor both with the Lord and with men.
• Proverbs 3:3Do not let mercy and kindness and truth leave you [instead let these qualities define you]; Bind them [securely] around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
• Acts 7:9“The [ten elder] patriarchs, overwhelmed with jealousy, sold [their younger brother] Joseph into [slavery in] Egypt; but God was with him,
• Romans 14:18For the one who serves Christ in this way [recognizing that food choice is secondary] is acceptable to God and is approved by men.

Commentaries on Luke 2:52

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 52Jesus increased in wisdom - See on Luke 2:40; (note). The following remarks, taken chiefly from Mr. Claude, on the foregoing subject, are well worth the reader's attention. I. The birth of Christ is announced to the shepherds. God causes his grace to descend not only on the great and powerful of the world, but also upon the most simple and inconsiderable; just as the heavens diffuse their influence not only on great trees, but also on the smallest herbs…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 52In favour with God - That is, in proportion to his advance in wisdom. This does not imply that he ever lacked the favor of God, but that God regarded him with favor in proportion as he showed an understanding and spirit like his own. Happy are those children who imitate the example of Jesus - who are obedient to parents who increase in wisdom - who are sober, temperate, and industrious, and who thus increase in favor with God and people.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-52Verses 41-52 It is for the honour of Christ that children should attend on public worship. His parents did not return till they had stayed all the seven days of the feast. It is well to stay to the end of an ordinance, as becomes those who say, It is good to be here. Those that have lost their comforts in Christ, and the evidences of their having a part in him, must bethink themselves where, and when, and how they lost them, and must turn back again…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5252. See on Lu 2:40. stature--or better, perhaps, as in the Margin, "age," which implies the other. This is all the record we have of the next eighteen years of that wondrous life. What seasons of tranquil meditation over the lively oracles, and holy fellowship with His Father; what inlettings, on the one hand, of light, and love, and power from on high, and outgoings of filial supplication, freedom, love, and joy on the other, would these eighteen years…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 2:52

• Children
• God
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ

In the dictionaries

• God
• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Consolation
• Decree
• Depart
• Devout
• Glory
• Inn

Commentaries on Luke 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings