Luke 2:40

Webster's Bible (1833)

The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

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  • Luke 2:52 : 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
  • Luke 1:80 : 80 The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
  • John 1:14 : 14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
  • Ps 22:9 : 9 But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust at my mother's breasts.
  • Ps 45:2 : 2 You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, Therefore God has blessed you forever.
  • Isa 11:1-5 : 1 There shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit. 2 The Spirit of Yahweh shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh. 3 His delight shall be in the fear of Yahweh; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears; 4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he kill the wicked. 5 Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
  • Isa 53:1-2 : 1 Who has believed our message? and to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he has no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
  • Judg 13:24 : 24 The woman bore a son, and named him Samson: and the child grew, and Yahweh blessed him.
  • 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
  • 1 Sam 2:26 : 26 The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.
  • 1 Sam 3:19 : 19 Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
  • Acts 4:33 : 33 With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.
  • Luke 2:47 : 47 All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
  • Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
  • Col 2:2-3 : 2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, 3 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
  • 2 Tim 2:1 : 1 You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 2:41-52
    12 verses
    86%

    41His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.

    42When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast,

    43and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn't know it,

    44but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

    45When they didn't find him, they returned to Jerusalem, looking for him.

    46It happened after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.

    47All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

    48When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you."

    49He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"

    50They didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them.

    51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

    52And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

  • Luke 1:79-80
    2 verses
    82%

    79To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace."

    80The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

  • Luke 2:39
    77%

    39When they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

  • Luke 2:25-28
    4 verses
    77%

    25Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

    26It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.{"Christ" (Greek) and "Messiah" (Hebrew) both mean "Anointed One"}

    27He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,

    28then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

  • Luke 1:65-67
    3 verses
    76%

    65Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.

    66All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.

    67His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

  • Luke 1:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

    15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

  • Luke 2:32-33
    2 verses
    71%

    32A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of your people Israel."

    33Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him,

  • Luke 4:22
    71%

    22All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"

  • Luke 4:14-17
    4 verses
    70%

    14Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area.

    15He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

    16He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

    17The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,

  • 1 Sam 2:26
    70%

    26The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.

  • Luke 1:32
    69%

    32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

  • Luke 2:20-23
    4 verses
    69%

    20The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.

    21When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

    22When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord

    23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),

  • John 1:14
    69%

    14The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

  • Luke 1:41
    69%

    41It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 2:17
    68%

    17When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

  • Matt 2:21
    67%

    21He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

  • Luke 1:57-59
    3 verses
    67%

    57Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.

    58Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

    59It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

  • Luke 1:7-8
    2 verses
    67%

    7But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

    8Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,

  • Luke 1:76
    67%

    76And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, For you will go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways,

  • Luke 2:6
    66%

    6It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.

  • Luke 1:26
    66%

    26Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

  • Luke 2:12
    66%

    12This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."