Luke 2:40

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And the chylde grewe, and waxed strong in spirite, and was fylled with wisdome: & the grace of God was vpon hym.

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  • Luke 2:52 : 52 And Iesus increased in wisedome and stature, and in fauour with God & men.
  • Luke 1:80 : 80 And the chylde grewe, and waxed strong in spirite, and was in wildernesse till the day came when he should shewe hym selfe vnto the Israelites.
  • John 1:14 : 14 And the same word became fleshe, and dwelt among vs ( and we sawe the glory of it, as the glory of the only begotten sonne of the father) full of grace and trueth.
  • Ps 22:9 : 9 But thou art he that tokest me out of my mothers wombe: thou causedst me to trust in thee, suckyng my mothers breastes.
  • Ps 45:2 : 2 Thou art fayrer then the children of men, full of grace are thy lippes: because the Lorde hath blessed thee for euer.
  • Isa 11:1-5 : 1 And there shall come a sprig foorth of the stemne of Esai, and a young shoote shall growe out of his roote. 2 The spirite of the Lorde shall rest vpon him, the spirite of wysdome and vnderstanding, the spirite of counsaile and strength, the spirite of knowledge and of the feare of the Lorde, 3 And shall make hym of deepe iudgement in the feare of God: For he shall not geue sentence after the thing that shalbe brought before his eyes, neither reproue after the hearing of his eares: 4 But with righteousnesse shal he iudge the poore, and with equitie shall he refourme the simple of the worlde, and he shall smyte the worlde with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his mouth shall he slay the vngodly. 5 Righteousnesse shalbe the gyrdle of his loynes, and faythfulnesse the gyrding vp of his raynes.
  • Isa 53:1-2 : 1 But who hath geuen credence vnto our preaching? or to whom is the arme of the Lorde knowen? 2 For he dyd growe before the Lorde like as a braunche, and as a roote in a drye grounde, he hath neither beautie nor fauour: when we loke vpon hym, there shalbe no fairenesse, we shall haue no lust vnto hym.
  • Judg 13:24 : 24 And the wyfe bare a sonne, and called his name Samson: And ye ladde grewe, and the Lorde blessed him.
  • 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But the childe Samuel ministred before the Lorde, girded with a linnen Ephod.
  • 1 Sam 2:26 : 26 (The childe Samuel profited & grew, and was in fauour both with the Lord and also with men.)
  • 1 Sam 3:19 : 19 And Samuel grewe, and the Lorde was with hym, and left none of his wordes vnperfourmed.
  • Acts 4:33 : 33 And with great power gaue the Apostles witnesse of the resurrection of the Lorde Iesu: And great grace was with them all.
  • Luke 2:47 : 47 And all that hearde hym, were astonied at his vnderstanding & aunsweres.
  • Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lorde, & in the power of his might.
  • Col 2:2-3 : 2 That their heartes myght be comforted, beyng knyt together in loue, and in al riches of certaintie of vnderstanding, to knowe the misterie of God, and of the father, and of Christe, 3 In whom are hyd all the treasures of wisdome and knowledge.
  • 2 Tim 2:1 : 1 Thou therfore my sonne, be strong in the grace that is in Christe Iesus.

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    41Nowe, his parentes went to Hierusale euery yere, at the feast of ye Passouer.

    42And when he was twelue yere old, they ascended vp to Hierusalem, after the custome of the feast day:

    43And whe they had fulfilled the dayes, as they returned home, the chylde Iesus abode styll in Hierusalem: & Ioseph and his mother knewe not of it.

    44But they, supposyng hym to haue ben in the company, came a dayes iourney, and sought hym among their kinsfolke and acquayntaunce.

    45And when they founde hym not, they turned backe againe to Hierusalem, and sought hym.

    46And it came to passe, that after three dayes, they founde hym in the temple, sittyng in the myddes of the doctours, hearyng them, and posyng them.

    47And all that hearde hym, were astonied at his vnderstanding & aunsweres.

    48And when they sawe hym, they were amased. And his mother said vnto him: Sonne, why hast thou thus dealt with vs? Beholde, thy father and I haue sought thee, sorowyng.

    49And he sayde vnto them: Howe is it that ye sought me? Wyste ye not, that I must go about my fathers businesse?

    50And they vnderstoode not that saying which he spake vnto them.

    51And he went downe with them, and came to Nazareth, & was obedient vnto them: But his mother kepte all these sayinges in her heart.

    52And Iesus increased in wisedome and stature, and in fauour with God & men.

  • Luke 1:79-80
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    79To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse, and in the shadowe of death, to guide our feete into the way of peace.

    80And the chylde grewe, and waxed strong in spirite, and was in wildernesse till the day came when he should shewe hym selfe vnto the Israelites.

  • Luke 2:39
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    39And when they had perfourmed all thynges, accordyng to the lawe of the Lorde, they returned into Galilee, to their owne citie Nazareth.

  • Luke 2:25-28
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    25And beholde, there was a man in Hierusalem, whose name was Simeon: and the same man was iust and godlye, and loked for the consolation of Israel, and the holy ghost was vpon hym.

    26And a reuelation was geuen hym of the holy ghost, not to see death, before he had seene the Lordes Christe.

    27And he came by inspiration into the temple: And when the father & mother brought in the chylde Iesus, to do for hym after the custome of the lawe,

    28Then toke he hym vp in his armes, & praysed God, and sayde:

  • Luke 1:65-67
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    65And feare came on all them that dwelt nye vnto them: And all these sayinges were noysed abrode throughout all the hyll countrey of Iurie.

    66And all they that hearde them, layde them vp in their heartes, saying: What maner of chylde shall this be? And the hande of the Lorde was with hym.

    67And his father Zacharias was filled with ye holy ghost, & prophesied, saying.

  • Luke 1:14-15
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    14And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnesse, and many shall reioyce at his birth.

    15For he shalbe great in the syght of the Lorde, and shall neither drynke wine nor strong drynke: and he shalbe fylled with the holy ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.

  • Luke 2:32-33
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    32A light to be reuealed to the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

    33And Ioseph and his mother marueyled at those thinges which were spoken of hym.

  • Luke 4:22
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    22And all bare him witnesse, & wondred at ye gratious wordes whiche proceaded out of his mouth. And they sayde, is not this Iosephes sonne?

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    14And Iesus returned, by the power of the spirite, into Galilee: & there went a fame of hym, throughout all the region rounde about.

    15And he taught in their synagogues, & was commended of all men.

    16And he came to Nazareth, where he was nursed: and, as his custome was, he wet into the synagogue on the Sabboth day, and stoode vp for to reade.

    17And there was deliuered vnto hym the booke of the prophete Esaias: And whe he had opened the booke, he founde the place where it was written,

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    26(The childe Samuel profited & grew, and was in fauour both with the Lord and also with men.)

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    32He shalbe great, & shalbe called ye sonne of the hyest: & the Lord God shall geue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid:

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    20And the sheepheardes returned, praysyng & laudyng God, for all the thinges that they had hearde and seene, euen as it was tolde vnto them.

    21And when the eygth day was come, that the chylde shoulde be circumcised, his name was called Iesus, whiche was so named of the Angel, before he was conceaued in the wombe.

    22And when the dayes of her purification, after the lawe of Moyses, were accomplished, they brought hym to Hierusalem, to present him to the Lord.

    23(As it is written in the lawe of ye Lord: Euery man chylde that firste openeth the wombe, shalbe called holy to ye lord)

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    14And the same word became fleshe, and dwelt among vs ( and we sawe the glory of it, as the glory of the only begotten sonne of the father) full of grace and trueth.

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    41And it came to passe, that when Elizabeth hearde the salutation of Marie, the babe sprang in her wombe, and Elizabeth was fylled with the holy ghost.

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    17And when they had seene it, they publisshed abrode the saying whiche was tolde them, of that childe.

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    21And he arose, & toke the young chylde and his mother, & came into the lande of Israel.

  • Luke 1:57-59
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    57Elizabethes tyme came, that she shoulde be deliuered, and she brought foorth a sonne.

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    59And it came to passe, that on the eyght day they came to circumcise the chylde, and called his name Zacharias, after the name of his father.

  • Luke 1:7-8
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    76And thou childe shalt be called the prophete of the hyghest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde, to prepare his wayes.

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    26And in the sixth moneth, the Angel Gabriel was sent from God, vnto a citie of Galilee, named Nazareth,

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    12And take this for a signe: Ye shal finde the childe wrapped in swadling clothes, and layde in a manger.