52. See on
Lu 2:40.
stature--or better, perhaps, as in the Margin, "age," which implies
the other. This is all the record we have of the next eighteen years of
that wondrous life. What seasons of tranquil meditation over the lively
oracles, and holy fellowship with His Father; what inlettings, on the
one hand, of light, and love, and power from on high, and outgoings of
filial supplication, freedom, love, and joy on the other, would these
eighteen years contain! And would they not seem "but a few days" if they
were so passed, however ardently He might long to be more directly
"about His Father's business?"
JFB.
Outline
The birth of Christ. (1-7)
It is made known to the shepherds. (8-20)
Christ presented in the temple. (21-24)
Simeon prophesies concerning Jesus. (25-35)
Anna prophesies concerning him. (36-40)
Christ with the learned men in the temple. (41-52)
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