God’s Word Translation
Luke 2:52
52Jesus grew in wisdom and maturity. He gained favor from God and people.
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 didn’t understand what he meant. 51Then he returned with them to Nazareth and was obedient to them. His mother treasured all these things in her heart. Jesus grew in wisdom and maturity. He gained favor from God and people.
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Καὶ Ἰησοῦς προέκοπτεν ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ καὶ χάριτι παρὰ θεῷ καὶ ἀνθρώποις.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Luke 2:52
- Luke 2:40The child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God’s favor was with him.
- Luke 1:80The child John grew and became spiritually strong. He lived in the desert until the day he appeared to the people of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 2:26The boy Samuel continued to grow and gained the favor of the Lord and the people.
- Proverbs 3:3Do not let mercy and truth leave you. Fasten them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
- Acts 7:9“Jacob’s sons were jealous of their brother Joseph. They sold him into slavery, and he was taken to Egypt. But God was with Joseph
- Romans 14:18The person who serves Christ with this in mind is pleasing to God and respected by people.
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
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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
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