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Verse 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 com...
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STRONG IN SPIRIT - In mind, intellect, understanding. Jesus had a
human soul, and that soul was subject to all the proper laws of a
human spirit. It therefore increased in knowledge, strength, and
cha...
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CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The Birth of Christ at Bethlehem (Luke 2:1)_
2. The Glad Tidings Announced to the Shepherds. (Luke 2:8)
3. The Circumcision and Presentation (Luke 2:21)
4. Simeon and His Prophecy ...
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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...
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JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM (Luke 2:1-7)...
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IN SPIRIT. All the texts omit this. App-101.Matthew 2 comes in here.
THE GRACE, &c. Compare John 1:14.Isaiah 11:2; Isaiah 11:3....
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Anna the Prophetess. The Return to Nazareth
36. _Anna_ The same name as Hannah (1 Samuel 1:20), from the root
_Chânan_, -he was gracious."
_a prophetess_ like Miriam, Deborah, Huldah (2 Chronicles 3...
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ANNA THE PROPHETESS. THE RETURN TO NAZARETH...
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VER 39. AND WHEN THEY HAD PERFORMED ALL THINGS ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF
THE LORD, THEY RETURNED INTO GALILEE, TO THEIR OWN CITY NAZARETH. 40.
AND THE CHILD GREW, AND WAXED STRONG IN SPIRIT, FILLED WITH...
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ΗΎΞΑΝΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΑΎΞΆΝΩ (G837) расти,
ΈΚΡΑΤΑΙΟΫ́ΤΟ _impf. ind. pass. от_ ΚΡΑΤΑΙΌΩ
(G2901) делать сильным; _pass._ быть
усиленным, становиться сильным.
Акцент делается на физической силе...
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AND THE GRACE OF GOD WAS UPON HIM— See the note on Luke 2:52....
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Presenting the Child to the Lord
Scripture_
Luke 2:22-40 And when the days of their purification according to the
law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem,...
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And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom:
and the grace of God was upon him.
AND THE CHILD GREW, AND WAXED STRONG IN SPIRIT - His mental
development keeping pace with His...
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25 Simeon signifies to _ hear_, and is representative of those in
Judah whose ears were open to the law of the Lord and who looked for
the fulfillment of the prophetic promises. As the years spoken of...
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BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF JESUS
1-5. The census of Quirinius. There are two historical difficulties in
connexion with St. Luke's mention of the census of Quirinius: (1)
There is no direct evidence, exce...
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LUKE’S GOOD NEWS
LUKE
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 2
THE BIRTH OF JESUS 2:1-7
V1 At that time *Caesar Augustus ordered a *census in the *Roman
*empire. V2 This was the first *census when Quirinius gove...
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WAXED STRONG IN SPIRIT. — The better MSS. omit the last two words.
FILLED WITH WISDOM. — The Greek participle implies the continuous
process of “being filled,” and so conveys the thought expressed in...
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_Return to Nazareth_. πόλιν ἑαυτῶν, their own city,
certainly suggesting that Nazareth, not Bethlehem, had been the true
home of Joseph and Mary....
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THE BOY JESUS IN THE TEMPLE
Luke 2:40-52
“Solitary floweret,” says Stier, referring to this incident,
“gathered from the wonderful enclosed garden of the thirty years and
plucked precisely when the...
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Jesus was born in Bethlehem, under the yoke of an oppressor. Moreover,
by the exigency of the circumstances, He was born amid the homeless
crowd. This was according to the divine arrangement and foret...
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And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, (u) filled with
wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
(u) As Christ grew up in age, so the virtue of his Godhead showed
itself more and more....
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_The child grew, and waxed strong, full of wisdom, and (ver. 52)
increased in wisdom and age. The Arians from this, pretend to prove
that Christ was not truly God, who cannot advance or increase in
wi...
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THE HOLY FAMILY RETURN FROM EGYPT
19-23, & Luke 2:39-40. _“And Herod having died.”_ We do not know
how long they remained in Egypt, but evidently the period was brief.
Scarcely has the wail of the sla...
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SIXTH NARRATIVE: CIRCUMCISION AND PRESENTATION OF JESUS, LUKE 2:21-40.
This narrative comprises 1. The circumcision of Jesus (Luke 2:21); 2.
His presentation in the temple (Luke 2:22-38); 3. A histor...
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(39) And when they had performed all things according to the law of
the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. (40)
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with w...
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The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of
either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious
reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
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40._And the child grew _From the infancy of Christ Matthew passes
immediately to his manifestation. (230) Luke relates here a single
fact, which well deserved to be recorded. In the midst of his boyho...
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In the next chapter (2) the scene changes. Instead of the relations of
God with Israel according to grace, we see first the pagan emperor of
the world the head of Daniel's last empire exercising his p...
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AND THE CHILD GREW,.... In body, in strength, and in stature; which
shows that it was a true body Christ assumed, and like ours, which did
not come to its maturity at once, but by degrees:
AND WAXED...
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And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom:
and the grace of God was upon him.
Ver. 40. _And the grace of God was upon him_] Without measure: so that
of his overflow we have a...
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_And when they_ Namely, the parents of Jesus; _had performed all
things according to the law_ Which they made conscience of doing, that
they might _fulfil all righteousness; they returned into Galilee...
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The prophetess Anna:...
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THE BIRTH OF THE LORD JESUS
(vs.1-7)
God in His sovereign wisdom and power at this time ordered the events
of man's government to accomplish His own will. Caesar Augustus
decreed that all the world...
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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...
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This verse shortly sums up all that we have in the Gospel of the
history of the first twelve years of our Saviour's life. Though there
could be no accession to the perfection of the Divine nature in
C...
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Luke 2:40 And G1161 Child G3813 grew G837 (G5707) and G2532 strong
G2901 (G5712) spirit G4151 filled G4137 (G5746) wisdom G4678 and G2532
grace G5485 God G2316 was G2258 (G5713) upon G1909 Him G846
t...
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ANNA THE PROPHETESS COMES TO WHERE JESUS IS IN THE TEMPLE AND GIVES
THANKS TO GOD AND SPREADS THE NEWS AMONG THE GODLY IN ISRAEL
(2:36-40).
In the larger chiasmus (see on introduction to Luke 1:1) th...
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The fulfilment of the legal requirements respecting the child Jesus:
His circumcision and naming on the eighth day (Luke 2:21), as one of
the Jewish people, and the redemption from the temple service...
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THE CHILD GREW
(ηυξανε). Imperfect indicative of a very ancient verb
(αυξανω). This child grew and waxed strong
(εκραταιουτο, imperfect middle), a hearty vigorous little
boy (παιδιον). Both verbs Lu...
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Luke 2:40
I. "The Child grew." He grew in stature, and He grew in character and
goodness. He did not stand still. Although it was God Himself who was
revealed to us in the life of Jesus Christ, yet t...
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Luke 2:1. And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a
decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And
this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria....
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CONTENTS: Birth of Jesus. His adoration by the shepherds. Adoration
and prophecy of Simon and Anna. Return to Nazareth. Jesus and His
parents at the Passover.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Caesar, Augustus, Cyr...
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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 f...
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THE CHILD GREW AND BECAME STRONG. He experienced human life to its
fullest, by growing up in a normal childhood. HE WAS FULL OF WISDOM.
"The divine nature revealed its own wisdom in proportion to the...
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_Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the
Passover_
THE LIFE OF JESUS
I. JESUS CHRIST IN HOME LIFE. “And He went down with them, and came
to Nazareth, and was subject unto th...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 2:1 Luke records the events of Jesus’ birth (vv.
Luke 2:1), his presentation in the temple (vv. Luke 2:21), and his
visit to the temple at age 12 (vv. Luke 2:41).
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images =...
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CHAPTER 2 VER. 1. _And it came to pass in those days_ (in which John
the Baptist was born) _there went forth a decree_, &c. The Syriac for
"all the world," has "all the people of his dominion," subjec...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 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...
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EXPOSITION
LUKE 2:1
_The Redeemer's birth_.
LUKE 2:1
THERE WENT OUT A DECREE FROM CAESAR AUGUSTUS, THAT ALL THE WORLD
SHOULD BE TAXED; more accurately, _that there should be a
registration_, etc....
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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 we...
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1 Samuel 2:18; 1 Samuel 2:26; 1 Samuel 3:19; 2 Timothy 2:1; Acts 4:33;
Colossians 2:2; Colossians 2:3; Ephesians 6:10; Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah
53:1
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The child grew, etc. The Jews marked the stages of a child's
development by nine different terms : the new born babe (Isaiah 9:6);
the suckling (Isaiah 11:8); the suckling beginning to ask for food
(L...
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THE SEVEN MAGNIFICATS
_Selections from Luke 1:1 and Luke 2:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the
annunciation of the birth of Christ, as it was gi...
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And the child grew — In bodily strength and stature; and waxed
strong in spirit — The powers of his human mind daily improved;
filled with wisdom — By the light of the indwelling Spirit, which
gradual...