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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:45

seeking = searching (all the way they went). Greek. anaz as in Luke 2:44 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:46

after = with. Greek. meta. App-104 . sitting. This was strictly according to rule. doctors = teachers: i.e. Rabbis. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:48

Son. Greek. teknon = child. See App-108 . Thy father. This was legally correct on the part of Mary. (See note on Luke 2:42 , above.) But not truly so; therefore the Lord's correction, "MY Father's business", Luke 2:49 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:49

wist ye not = knew ye not. Greek. oida. See App-132 . must. These are the first recorded words of the Lord. The reference is to Psalms 40:5-11 , John 4:34 . Hence the Divine necessity. Compare Matthew 16:21 ; Matthew 26:54 .Mark 8:31 . Mar 4:43 ; Mark 9:22 ; Mark 13:33 ; Mar 24:7 , Mar 24:26 , Mar 24:46 . John 3:14 ; John 4:4 ; John 12:34 , &c. The last-recorded wordsthe Son of man were, "It is finished": i.e. the Father's business which He came to be about. Compare His first and last... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:50

understood not. Compare Luke 9:45 ; Luke 18:34 .Mark 9:32; 2 John 1:102 John 1:10 , John 1:11 ; John 10:6 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:52

increased = advanced, in wisdom. See App-117 . stature = maturity in all respects. with = from beside. Greek. para. App-104 . man = men. Greek. anthropos. App-123 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 2:39

And when they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.Luke omitted the flight to Egypt and other important details of the life of Christ at this point, making it exceedingly unlikely that he had a copy of Matthew available to him. Even if he had, such omissions are characteristic of Luke's style. Another example was cited by Childers:The same sort of writing occurs in Acts 9:25,26, where it appears that Paul... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 2:40

And the child grew and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.Luke here related the normal growth and mental development of the Christ child.Filled with wisdom ... is "becoming full of wisdom" in the Greek (English Revised Version (1885), margin), and should have been translated thus, which would have emphasized the normalcy of Jesus during this period, a normalcy that Luke had clearly in mind throughout. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 2:41

And his parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.THE BOY JESUS IN THE TEMPLEHis parents ... See under Luke 2:28. read more

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