52And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: …
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 41-52)We have here the only passage of story recorded concerning our blessed Saviour, from his infancy to the day of his showing to Israel at twenty-nine years old, and therefore we are concerned to make much of this, for it is in vain to wish we had more. Here is, I. Christ’s going up with his parents to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover, Luke 2:41 , 42 . 1. It was their constant practice to atte…
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