Luke 2:39

Luke 2:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
• New International Version (NIV)When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

Context of Luke 2:39

37After that, she had lived alone until she was 84 years old. Now she never left the temple. She stayed there day and night to worship God. She fasted and she prayed. 38At that moment, Anna came to where Mary and Joseph were standing in the temple. When she saw the baby, she thanked God for him. Then she began to speak about him to other people there. Many people were waiting for God to make Jerusalem free. These were the people that she spoke to about the child, Jesus. When Mary and Joseph had done everything that God's rules said, they returned home. That was in the town of Nazareth in Galilee. 40There the child grew up. God was good and kind to him and he became strong. He learned many things and he could understand them well. 41Every year, Mary and Joseph went to Jerusalem for the Passover festival.

Luke 2:39 word by word

Καὶ ὡς ἐτέλεσαν πάντα τὰ κατὰ τὸν νόμον κυρίου, ἐπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν εἰς πόλιν ἑαυτῶν Ναζαρέθ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• whenὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• they had performedτελέωteleō · to finishG5055
• all thingsἅπαςhapas · allG537
• according toκατάkata · according toG2596
• the lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• of the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• they returnedὑποστρέφωhupostrephō · to returnG5290
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• GalileeΓαλιλαίαGalilaia · GalileeG1056
• their ownαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• NazarethΝαζαρέθ, ΝαζαράNazareth Nazaret · NazarethG3478

Cross-references for Luke 2:39

• Luke 2:21When the baby was eight days old, it was time for the priest to circumcise him. His parents gave him the name ‘Jesus’. The angel had told Mary that they must give him that name. He told her that before she had the baby inside her.
• Luke 1:6Zechariah and Elizabeth obeyed God's commands and rules. God saw that they were righteous people. They did not do wrong things.
• Deuteronomy 12:32Be careful to do everything that I am telling you. Do not add anything to these commands. Do not remove anything from them.
• Matthew 3:15Jesus replied, ‘This time, do what I ask you to do. We must do everything correctly, as God wants it.’ So John did what Jesus asked him to do.
• Galatians 4:4But when the time that God had decided arrived, he sent his Son into the world. A human mother gave birth to him. He was born a Jew, under the authority of God's Law.
• Luke 2:4So Joseph went to his home town, Bethlehem. He was living in the town of Nazareth, in Galilee. Bethlehem was in Judea. King David had been born there, so Bethlehem was called the town of David. Joseph belonged to the family of David. That is why he went to Bethlehem.
• Matthew 2:22But then Joseph heard that Herod's son, Archelaus, was now king of Judea instead of his father. So Joseph was afraid to go to Judea. In another dream God showed Joseph that he should go to Galilee instead.

Commentaries on Luke 2:39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 39They returned into Galilee - But not immediately: for the coming of the wise men, and the retreat of Joseph with his family into Egypt, happened between this period of time, and his going to Nazareth in Galilee. - Bp. Pearce. But it is very likely, that as soon as the presentation in the temple, and the ceremonies relative to it, had been accomplished, that the holy family did return to Galilee, as St. Luke here states, and that they continued there till…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39They returned into Galilee - Not immediately, but after a time. Luke has omitted the flight into Egypt recorded by Matthew; but he has not denied it, nor are his words to be pressed as if he meant to affirm that they went immediately to Nazareth. A parallel case we have in the life of Paul. When he was converted it is said that he came to Jerusalem, as if he had gone there immediately after his conversion Acts 9:26; yet we learn in another place that this…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 36-40Verses 36-40 There was much evil then in the church, yet God left not himself without witness. Anna always dwelt in, or at least attended at, the temple. She was always in a praying spirit; gave herself to prayer, and in all things she served God. Those to whom Christ is made known, have great reason to thank the Lord. She taught others concerning him. Let the example of the venerable saints, Simeon and Anna, give courage to those whose hoary heads are…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3939. Nothing is more difficult than to fix the precise order in which the visit of the Magi, with the flight into and return from Egypt (Mt 2:13-23), are to be taken, in relation to the circumcision and presentation of Christ in the temple, here recorded. It is perhaps best to leave this in the obscurity in which we find it, as the result of two independent, though if we knew all, easily reconcilable narratives.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 2:39

• Joseph
• Nazareth
• Temple

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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