Luke 2:40

Geneva Bible (1560)

And the childe grewe, and waxed strong in Spirit, and was filled with wisedome, and the grace of God was with him.

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  • Luke 2:52 : 52 And Iesus increased in wisedome, and stature, and in fauour with God and men.
  • Luke 1:80 : 80 And the childe grewe, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the wildernesse, til the day came that he should shewe him selfe vnto Israel.
  • John 1:14 : 14 And that Word was made flesh, and dwelt among vs, (and we sawe the glorie thereof, as the glorie of the onely begotten Sonne of the Father) full of grace and trueth.
  • Ps 22:9 : 9 But thou didest draw me out of ye wombe: thou gauest me hope, euen at my mothers breasts.
  • Ps 45:2 : 2 Thou art fayrer then the children of men: grace is powred in thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for euer.
  • Isa 11:1-5 : 1 Bvt there shall come a rodde foorth of the stocke of Ishai, and a grasse shall growe out of his rootes. 2 And the Spirite of the Lord shall rest vpon him: the Spirite of wisedome and vnderstanding, the Spirite of counsell and strength, the Spirite of knowledge, and of the feare of the Lord, 3 And shall make him prudent in the feare of the Lord: for he shall not iudge after the sight of his eies, neither reproue by ye hearing of his eares. 4 But with righteousnesse shall he iudge the poore, and with equitie shall he reprooue for the meeke of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lippes shall he slay the wicked. 5 And iustice shall be ye girdle of his loynes, and faithfulnesse the girdle of his reines.
  • Isa 53:1-2 : 1 Who will beleeue our report? And to whom is the arme of the Lord reueiled? 2 But hee shall growe vp before him as a branche, and as a roote out of a dry grounde: he hath neither forme nor beautie: when we shall see him, there shall be no forme that wee should desire him.
  • Judg 13:24 : 24 And the wife bare a sonne, and called his name Samson: and the childe grewe, and the Lorde blessed him.
  • 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 Now Samuel being a yong childe ministred before the Lord, girded with a linen Ephod.
  • 1 Sam 2:26 : 26 (Nowe the childe Samuel profited and grewe, and was in fauour both with the Lord and also with men)
  • 1 Sam 3:19 : 19 And Samuel grew, & the Lord was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.
  • Acts 4:33 : 33 And with great power gaue the Apostles witnes of the resurrection of the Lord Iesus: and great grace was vpon them all.
  • Luke 2:47 : 47 And all that heard him, were astonied at his vnderstanding and answeres.
  • Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
  • Col 2:2-3 : 2 That their heartes might be comforted, and they knit together in loue, and in all riches of the full assurance of vnderstanding, to know the mysterie of God, euen the Father, and of Christ: 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisedome and knowledge.
  • 2 Tim 2:1 : 1 Thou therefore, my sonne, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Iesus.

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  • Luke 2:41-52
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    41 Nowe his parents went to Hierusalem euery yeere, at the feast of the Passeouer.

    42 And when hee was twelue yeere olde, and they were come vp to Hierusalem, after the custome of the feast,

    43 And had finished the dayes thereof, as they returned, the childe Iesus remained in Hierusalem, and Ioseph knew not, nor his mother,

    44 But they supposing, that he had bene in the company, went a dayes iourney, and sought him among their kinsfolke, and acquaintance.

    45 And when they found him not, they turned backe to Hierusalem, and sought him.

    46 And it came to passe three dayes after, that they found him in the Temple, sitting in the mids of the doctours, both hearing them, and asking them questions:

    47 And all that heard him, were astonied at his vnderstanding and answeres.

    48 So when they sawe him, 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 with very heauie hearts.

    49 Then said he vnto them, Howe is it that ye sought me? knewe ye not that I must goe about my Fathers busines?

    50 But they vnderstoode not the word that he spake to them.

    51 Then hee went downe with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subiect to them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

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

  • Luke 1:79-80
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    79 To giue light to them that sit in darknes, and in the shadow of death, & to guide our feete into the way of peace.

    80 And the childe grewe, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the wildernesse, til the day came that he should shewe him selfe vnto Israel.

  • 39 And when they had performed all thinges according to the lawe of the Lorde, they returned into Galile to their owne citie Nazareth.

  • Luke 2:25-28
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    25 And behold, there was a man in Hierusalem, whose name was Simeon: this man was iust, and feared God, and waited for the consolation of Israel, and the holy Ghost was vpon him.

    26 And it was declared to him from God by the holy Ghost, that he shoulde not see death, before he had seene that Anointed of the Lord.

    27 And he came by the motion of the spirit into the Temple, and when the parents brought in the babe Iesus, to do for him after the custome of the Lawe,

    28 Then hee tooke him in his armes, and praised God, and sayd,

  • Luke 1:65-67
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    65 Then feare came on all them that dwelt neere vnto them, and all these woordes were noised abroade throughout all the hill countrey of Iudea.

    66 And al they that heard them, laid them vp in their hearts, saying, What maner childe shall this be! and the hand of the Lord was with him.

    67 Then his father Zacharias was filled with the holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

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

    15 For he shalbe great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drinke wine, nor strong drinke: and he shalbe filled with the holy Ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.

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

    33 And Ioseph and his mother marueiled at those things, which were spoken touching him.

  • 22 And all bare him witnes, and wondered at the gracious wordes, which proceeded out of his mouth, and said, Is not this Iosephs sonne?

  • Luke 4:14-17
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    14 And Iesus returned by the power of the spirite into Galile: and there went a fame of him throughout all the region round about.

    15 For he taught in their Synagogues, and was honoured of all men.

    16 And hee came to Nazareth where hee had bene brought vp, and (as his custome was) went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stoode vp to reade.

    17 And there was deliuered vnto him the booke of the Prophet Esaias: and when hee had opened the booke, hee founde the place, where it was written,

  • 26 (Nowe the childe Samuel profited and grewe, and was in fauour both with the Lord and also with men)

  • 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Sonne of the most High, and the Lorde God shall giue vnto him the throne of his father Dauid.

  • Luke 2:20-23
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    20 And the shepheardes returned glorifiyng and praising God, for all that they had heard and seene as it was spoken vnto them.

    21 And when the eight daies were accomplished, that they shoulde circumcise the childe, his name was then called Iesus, which was named of the Angell, before he was conceiued in the wombe.

    22 And when the daies of her purification after the Lawe of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Hierusalem, to present him to the Lord,

    23 (As it is written in the Lawe of the Lorde, Euery man childe that first openeth ye wombe, shalbe called holy to the Lord)

  • 14 And that Word was made flesh, and dwelt among vs, (and we sawe the glorie thereof, as the glorie of the onely begotten Sonne of the Father) full of grace and trueth.

  • 41 And it came to passe, as Elisabet heard the salutation of Marie, the babe sprang in her bellie, and Elisabet was filled with the holy Ghost.

  • 17 And when they had seene it, they published abroade the thing, that was tolde them of that childe.

  • 21 Then he arose vp and tooke the babe and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

  • Luke 1:57-59
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    57 Nowe Elisabets time was fulfilled, that shee should be deliuered, and shee brought foorth a sonne.

    58 And her neighbours, and cousins heard tell howe the Lorde had shewed his great mercie vpon her, and they reioyced with her.

    59 And it was so that on the eight day they came to circumcise the babe, and called him Zacharias after the name of his father.

  • Luke 1:7-8
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    7 And they had no childe, because that Elisabet was barren: and both were well stricken in age.

    8 And it came to passe, as he executed the Priestes office before God, as his course came in order,

  • 76 And thou, babe, shalt be called the Prophet of the most High: for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord, to prepare his waies,

  • 6 And so it was, that while they were there, the daies were accomplished that shee shoulde be deliuered,

  • 26 And in the sixth moneth, the Angell Gabriel was sent from God vnto a citie of Galile, named Nazareth,

  • 12 And this shalbe a signe to you, Yee shall finde the babe swadled, and laid in a cratch.