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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:39

Verse 39 39.They returned to Galilee The departure to Egypt, I readily acknowledge, came between those events; and the fact mentioned by Luke, that they dwelt in their own city Nazareth, is later, in point of time, than the flight into Egypt, which Matthew relates, (Matthew 2:14.) But if there was no impropriety in one Evangelist leaving out what is related by another, there was nothing to prevent Luke from overleaping the period which he did not intend to mention, and passing at once to the... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:40

Verse 40 40.And the child grew From the infancy of Christ Matthew passes immediately to his manifestation. (230) Luke relates here a single fact, which well deserved to be recorded. In the midst of his boyhood, Christ gave a specimen of his future office, or at least indicated, by a single attempt, what he would afterwards be. The child grew, and was invigorated in spirit These words show, that the endowments of his mind grew with his age. (231) Hence we infer, that this progress, or... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:41

Verse 41 41.And his parents went every year to Jerusalem It is mentioned in commendation of the piety of Mary and Joseph, that they gave diligent attendance to the outward worship of God. It was not of their own accord, but by a divine command, that they undertook this annual journey. The law enjoins the, males “only to, appear before the Lord,” (Exodus 23:17.) This arrangement does not entirely exclude females, but spares them by an exercise of kindness. This mark distinguishes the true... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:44

Verse 44 44.And thinking that he was in the company Many passages of Scripture show plainly, that those who came from a distance, at the festivals, to worship in the temple, were accustomed to travel in companies. There is no reason, therefore, to wonder that, on the first day, Joseph and Mary were less anxious about the child; and their subsequent conduct shows that this was not owing to indolence or carelessness. read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:46

Verse 46 46.Sitting in the midst of the doctors Rays of divine brightness must have evidently shone in this child: otherwise those haughty men would not have permitted him to sit along with them. Though it is probable that he occupied a lower seat, and not the rank of the doctors, yet such disdainful men would not have condescended to give him an audience in a public assembly, if some divine power had not constrained them. This was a sort of prelude to his public calling, the full time of which... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:47

Verse 47 47.And all who heard him Two things here claim our attention. All who heard him were astonished: for they reckoned it a miracle, that a child should frame his questions with such correctness and propriety. Again, they heard Christ, and thus acted the part rather of scholars than of teachers. He had not yet been called by the Father, to avow himself a public teacher of the Church, and therefore satisfied himself with putting modest questions to the doctors. Yet there is no room to doubt... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:48

Verse 48 48.And his mother said to him Those who think that the holy virgin spake in this manner, for the purpose of showing her authority, are, in my opinion, mistaken. It is even possible, that it was not till they were apart, and the witnesses had withdrawn, that she began to expostulate with her son, after they had left the assembly. However that may be, this complaint was not the result of ambition, but was the expression of grief, which had lasted three days. (238) Yet the manner of her... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:49

Verse 49 49.Did ye not know? Our Lord justly blames his mother, though he does it in a gentle and indirect manner. The amount of what he says is, that the duty which he owes to God his Father, ought to be immeasurably preferred to all human duties; and that, consequently, earthly parents do wrong in taking it amiss, that they have been neglected in comparison of God. And hence we may infer the general doctrine, that whatever we owe to men must yield to the first table of the law, that God’s... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:51

Verse 51 51.And he was subject to them It was for our salvation that Christ took upon him this low estate, — that the Lord and head of angels voluntarily became subject to mortal creatures. Such was the purpose of God, that Christ should remain, for some time, under a shadow, beating the name of Joseph. Though this subjection, on the part of Christ, arose from no necessity which he could not have avoided, yet, as he had taken upon him human nature on the condition of being subject to parents,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:21-40

Circumcision and presentation of the Child Jesus . read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:39

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:40

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:41

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:44

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:46

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:47

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:48

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:49

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:51

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:21-40

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