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38 And coming in that instant she gave thanks to1 the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who alooked for redemption in Jerusalem.  

The Family Returns to Nazareth

39 So when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.
40 aAnd the Child grew and became strong1 in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.  

The Boy Jesus Amazes the Scholars

41 His parents went to aJerusalem bevery year at the Feast of the Passover.  
42 And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the acustom of the feast.  
43 When they had finished the adays, as they returned, the Boy Jesus lingered behind in Jerusalem. And1 Joseph and His mother did not know it;  
44 but supposing Him to have been in the company, they went a day’s journey, and sought Him among their relatives and acquaintances.
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Luke 2:40

The child grew - As to his body - being in perfect health.

Waxed strong in spirit - His rational soul became strong and vigorous.

Filled with wisdom - The divinity continuing to communicate itself more and more, in proportion to the increase of the rational principle. The reader should never forget that Jesus was perfect man, as well as God.

And the grace of God was upon him - The word , not only means grace in the common acceptation of the word, (some blessing granted by God' s mercy to those who are sinners, or have no merit), but it means also favor or approbation: and this sense I think most proper for it here, when applied to the human nature of our blessed Lord; and thus our translators render the same word, Luke 2:52. Even Christ himself, who knew no sin, grew in the favor of God; and, as to his human nature, increased in the graces of the Holy Spirit. From this we learn that, if a man were as pure and as perfect as the man Jesus Christ himself was, yet he might nevertheless increase in the image, and consequently in the favor, of God. God loves every thing and person, in proportion to the nearness of the approaches made to his own perfections.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Luke 2:40:

Psalms 16:7
Luke 2:52
Romans 1:7

 

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