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Luke 2:51 KJV
Luke · chapter 2 · verse 51
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.Luke 2:51 · King James Version
Luke 2:51 in context
49And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
50And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
52And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
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- NazarethnazaraNazareth = "the guarded one", the ordinary residence and home town of ChristG3478 →
- subjecthypotassōto arrange under, to subordinate, to subject, put in subjection, to subject one s self…G5293 →
- sayingsrhēmathat which is or has been uttered by the living voice, thing spoken, word, any sound…G4487 →
- mothermētēra mother, metaph. the source of something, the motherlandG3384 →
- cameerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- keptdiatēreōto keep continually or carefullyG1301 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 41-52