SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:40
Y el nio crecía, y era confortado del Espíritu, y se llenaba de sabiduría; y la gracia de Dios era sobre l.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Luke 2:40
Verse 40. The child grew] As to his body-being in perfect health. Waxed strong in spirit] His rational soul became strong and vigorous.
Filled with wisdom] The divinity continuing to communicate itself more and more, in proportion to the increase of the rational principle. The reader should never forget that Jesus was perfect man, as well as God.
And the grace of God was upon him.] The word cariv, not only means grace in the common acceptation of the word, (some blessing granted by God's mercy to those who are sinners, or have no merit,) but it means also favour or approbation: and this sense I think most proper for it here, when applied to the human nature of our blessed Lord; and thus our translators render the same word, ver. 52. Even Christ himself, who knew no sin, grew in the favour of God; and, as to his human nature, increased in the graces of the Holy Spirit. From this we learn that, if a man were as pure and as perfect as the man Jesus Christ himself was, yet he might nevertheless increase in the image, and consequently in the favour, of God.
God loves every thing and person, in proportion to the nearness of the approaches made to his own perfections.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 40. And the child grew , etc.] In body, in strength, and in stature; which shows that it was a true body Christ assumed, and like ours, which did not come to its maturity at once, but by degrees: and waxed strong in spirit , or in his soul; for as he had a true body, he had also a reasonable soul; the faculties of which were far from being weak, they were exceeding strong, and appeared stronger and stronger every day; his understanding was clear, his judgment solid, and his memory strong and retentive, his will, and the desires of it, were to that which is good, and his affections cleaved unto it. The Persic and Ethiopic versions read, was strengthened in, or by the Holy Spirit; with the grace and gifts of it; but the former sense is best. Filled with wisdom ; and knowledge as man; for this is to be understood, not of his essential wisdom as God, nor of those treasures of wisdom and knowledge, which were hid in him as mediator, to be dispensed to his church; but of his created and natural wisdom, as man; in which he increased gradually, as his body grew, and the faculties of his soul opened under the influences of his deity, and the power of his Spirit; and the grace of God was upon him ; which designs not the fulness of grace that was in him, as mediator, for the supply of his people: but either that internal grace which was bestowed on his human nature, even the various graces of the Spirit of God, and which flowed from the grace of union of the two natures in him; or rather the love and favour of God, which in various instances was in a very singular manner manifested to him.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 36-40 - There was much evil then in the church, yet God left not himsel without witness. Anna always dwelt in, or at least attended at, the temple. She was always in a praying spirit; gave herself to prayer, an in all things she served God. Those to whom Christ is made known, have great reason to thank the Lord. She taught others concerning him. Le the example of the venerable saints, Simeon and Anna, give courage to those whose hoary heads are, like theirs, a crown of glory, being foun in the way of righteousness. The lips soon to be silent in the grave should be showing forth the praises of the Redeemer. In all things i became Christ to be made like unto his brethren, therefore he passe through infancy and childhood as other children, yet without sin, an with manifest proofs of the Divine nature in him. By the Spirit of God all his faculties performed their offices in a manner not seen in an one else. Other children have foolishness bound in their hearts, whic appears in what they say or do, but he was filled with wisdom, by the influence of the Holy Ghost; every thing he said and did, was wisel said and wisely done, above his years. Other children show the corruption of their nature; nothing but the grace of God was upon him.
Greek Textus Receptus
το 3588 T-NSN δε 1161 CONJ παιδιον 3813 N-NSN ηυξανεν 837 5707 V-IAI-3S και 2532 CONJ εκραταιουτο 2901 5712 V-IPI-3S πνευματι 4151 N-DSN πληρουμενον 4137 5746 V-PPP-NSN σοφιας 4678 N-GSF και 2532 CONJ χαρις 5485 N-NSF θεου 2316 N-GSM ην 2258 5713 V-IXI-3S επ 1909 PREP αυτο 846 P-ASN
Vincent's NT Word Studies
40. The child grew, etc. The Jews marked the stages of a child's development by nine different terms: the new born babe (Isa. ix. 6); the suckling (Isa. xi. 8); the suckling beginning to ask for food (Lamantations iv. 4); the weaned child (Isa. xxviii. 9); the child clinging to its mother (Jer. xl. 7); the child becoming firm and strong (Isa. vii. 14, of the virgin mother); the youth, literally, he that shakes himself free; the ripened one, or warrior (Isa. xxxi. 8).
Robertson's NT Word Studies
2:40 {The child grew} (euxane). Imperfect indicative of a very ancient verb (auxanw). this child grew and waxed strong (ekrataiouto, imperfect middle), a hearty vigorous little boy (paidion). Both verbs Luke used in #1:80 of the growth of John the Baptist as a child. qen he used also pneumati, in spirit. Here in addition to the bodily development Luke has "filled with wisdom" (pleroumenon sofiai). Present passive participle, showing that the process of filling with wisdom kept pace with the bodily growth. If it were only always true with others! We need not be troubled over this growth in wisdom on the part of Jesus any more than over his bodily growth. "The intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth of the Child, like the physical, was real. His was a perfect humanity developing perfectly, unimpeded by hereditary or acquired defects. It was the first instance of such a growth in history. For the first time a human infant was realizing the ideal of humanity" (Plummer). {The grace of God} (caris qeou). In full measure.
