Luke 2:52

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:40-52

Luke 2:40-1 Thessalonians : . An Incident in Jesus’ Boyhood.— The lad grows in body and mind and is blessed by God. When He is twelve years old He accompanies His parents to the Passover at Jerusalem, and when the week’ s Feast is over, remains behind unknown to them. They return to seek Him, and after a long search find Him in one of the Temple porticos joining intelligently in the discussions of the scribes. He goes home and Uves obediently with them, and continues His allround development... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:52

If any ask how he, who was the eternal Wisdom of the Father, (who is the only wise God), increased in wisdom, they must know that all things in Scripture which are spoken of Christ, are not spoken with respect to his entire person, but with respect to the one or the other nature united in that person; he increased in wisdom, as he did in age, or stature, with respect to his human, not to his Divine nature. And as God daily magnified his grace and favour toward him, so he gave him favour with... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 2:40-52

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 2:40. Waxed strong.—The words “in spirit” are added from Luke 1:80; omitted in R.V. Filled with wisdom.—Lit. “becoming full of wisdom.” The grace of God.—The favour of God. The first point noted is healthy physical growth, the second a proportionate increase of knowledge, and the third an enjoyment of God’s favour.Luke 2:41.—The male Israelites were commanded to attend the three yearly feasts (Exodus 23:14-17); but the custom seems to have fallen into abeyance. The attendance... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:41-52

Luke 2:41-52 This passage is one of peculiar interest, as this account which it gives is the only circumstance mentioned of our blessed Lord from His childhood till He was thirty years of age. And while it contains much matter for deeper reflection, it bears at once on the surface this information that He was living in strict obedience to the law of Moses, and in wonderful lowliness and meekness, was being brought up as any child of human parents might be. I. Our Lord does not appear before us... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:52

Luke 2:52 The text naturally divides itself into four heads. There is a twofold development spoken of, and a twofold result or concomitant. We are called upon to observe the growth of Jesus: (1) in bodily stature; (2) in wisdom, and as a concomitant of these, to behold Him increasing; (3) in favour with men, and (4) in favour with God. I. We know that among the Jews no one was qualified to be a priest who had any bodily defect or blemish. It behoved the sacred historian therefore to show that... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 2:1-52

Now it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And the taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syra.) And all went to be taxed, every one to his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, and unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, (because he was of the house and the lineage of David,) to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, who at this point was... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:1-52

Luke 2:1 . It came to pass in those days, when John was born, and when the Roman emperor, Augustus Cæsar, filled the throne, and was in the thirty first year of his reign, that, a decree was issued for a general taxation according to men’s property. This emperor, after the battle of Actium, became so popular, that the senate invited him to take the reins of government into his hands, which laid, properly speaking, the foundation of the imperial monarchy of Rome. Augustus, as a man of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 2:39-52

Luke 2:39-52Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the PassoverThe life of JesusI.JESUS CHRIST IN HOME LIFE. “And He went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them.” 1. We see Him settling down to the relationships of home. But Jesus Christ was perfectly content in the home circle. He did not complain of its narrowness and confinement. For He did not judge life by its magnitude, but by the principle which animates it; He did not judge life by its... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 2:52

Luke 2:52And Jesus increased in wisdom--A pattern childhood and youth1.He grew, not in stature only, but in wisdom and favour with God and man. Christ, as Divine, must have had all knowledge and power from the first. But subjecting Himself to the laws of human development, He thereby consented to an unfolding which, in childhood should exhibit a perfect Child, in youth a perfect Youth, in manhood a perfect Man. It was the unfolding of a perfect bud into a perfect flower. At each advancing step... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 2:52

52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. Ver. 52. Increased in wisdom ] Being παιδαριογερων , as Macarius was called, while a child, for his extraordinary grace and gravity. The exercise of his wisdom, as it was more enlarged, became more lovely in the sight of God and man. read more

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:40-52

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:52

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 2:40-52

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:41-52

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 2:52

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 2:1-52

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:1-52

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 2:39-52

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 2:52

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 2:52

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