40The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.


In Context

37 and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.

38 Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

39 When they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

40 The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

41 His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.

42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast,

Luke 2:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:40And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:40And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:40And the child grew, and waxed strong, full of wisdom; and the grace of God was in him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:40And the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:40And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom, and God's grace was upon him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:40And the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:40And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:40and the child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:40And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was on him.