Luke 2:1-20 by verse:
General References
Wendell Berry, “The Birth (Near Port Williams),” Collected Poems, p. 124 ff.
Jane Kenyon, “Looking at Stars,” Otherwise, p. 176
“Looking at Stars”
Jaroslav Pelikan, The Illustrated Jesus through the Centuries, p. 162 & 242-243
Imaging the Word, Vol. 1, p. 94-101
Andrew Greeley, “Loneliness, Isolation, Alienation,” When Life Hurts, p. 54-57
Thomas R. Haney, “A Christmas Note” & “A Story of Christmas Beauty,” Today’s Spirituality, p. 215 & 218
J. Barrie Shepherd, “The First Sign,” Seeing with the Soul, p. 13-17
“The First Sign”
might it not be that here,
right at the outset
God was giving us a sign,
a preview, as it were,
of all that was to follow; (p. 14)
While I sleep this night, O Lord,
unlock the door
that bars me from your presence.
May I rise to walk a world which lies
wide open to the splendors and the mystery
of your grace.
Amen. (p. 17)
Tom Clark, “Isaiah, John, and Luke,” Communion, p. 435-450
William Sloan Coffin, Bulletin [PSR] (April 1993)
Bulletin
John Dominic Crossan, The Historical Jesus, p. 371 f.
Luis de Góngora y Argote, “The Nativity of Christ,” Divine Inspiration, p. 25
René Depestre, “Friend, This Is Your Christmas,” Divine Inspiration, p. 27
Elmer Diktonius, “A Child in Starlight,” Divine Inspiration, p. 23
Ephrem, from “Hymn on the Nativity #4,” Divine Inspiration, p. 21
Constantijn Huygens, “Christmas,” Divine Inspiration, p. 22
Juan Ramón Jiménez, “The Lamb Baaed Gently,” Divine Inspiration, p. 26
Oswald Mbuyoseni Mtshali, “An Abandoned Bundle,” Divine Inspiration, p. 24
1 Frederick Buechner, “Caesar Augustus,” Peculiar Treasures, p. 18
2 Frederick Buechner, “Quirinius,” Peculiar Treasures, p. 141
4-7 Dom Helder Camara, Through the Gospel, p. 14
5-6 John Dominic Crossan, The Historical Jesus, p. 371 f.
7 Karl Barth, “He Stands By Us,” Lend Me Your Ears, p. 452 ff.
7 Frederick Buechner, “The Birth,” The Magnificent Defeat, p. 66-73
7 Alfred Corn, “Deuteronomy and John,” Communion, p. 393-415
“Deuteronomy and John”
I don’t know whether the typology ever connected the Bethlehem manger, where Jesus was lain in swaddling clothes, with Miriam’s little wicker basket, but the connection is there to be made. (p. 412)
John portrays the angels as seated where Jesus’ head and feet had been, with his discarded linen shroud between them. (One medieval term for “book,” incunabula, means, literally, “swaddling clothes,” which Jesus’ discarded linens recall.) … But Jesus’ “ark” is not empty, empty as the debir or Holy of Holies, just at the moment when the Covenant is gathered to all faithful people who remain on earth. (p. 415)
7 Issa, A Few Flies and I, p. 32
7 Denise Levertov, “‘The Holy One, …’,” Breathing the Water, p. 50
“‘The Holy One, …’”
7 Susan Mangam, “Sing to the Lord a New Song,” Weavings (November/December 1992), p. 7-11
“Sing to the Lord a New Song”
A young woman about to give birth and her husband seek hospitality and find it, nor among human society, but in a cave with cattle. After the child is born and has a time of intimacy with his mother, he is presented in the animals’ feeding trough. He is greeted by lowing sounds and warm breath from gentle muzzles. And as the invisible forces of the universe commune with the visible, those humans who are in harmony with Creation—the earth, sheep, plant life; the heavens, stars, planets, cosmic life—come to this cave singing praise and thanksgiving to the God of infinite courtesy.
1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. 2 This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to be delivered. 7 And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
2:1 εγενετο δε εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις εξηλθεν δογμα παρα καισαρος αυγουστου απογραφεσθαι πασαν την οικουμενην 2:2 αυτη η απογραφη πρωτη εγενετο ηγεμονευοντος της συριας κυρηνιου 2:3 και επορευοντο παντες απογραφεσθαι εκαστος εις την ιδιαν πολιν 2:4 ανεβη δε και ιωσηφ απο της γαλιλαιας εκ πολεως βεις την ιουδαιαν εις πολιν δαυιδ ητις καλειται βηθλεεμ δια το ειναι αυτον εξ οικου και πατριας δαυιδ 2:5 απογραψασθαι συν μαριαμ τη μεμνηστευμενη αυτω γυναικι ουση εγκυω 2:6 εγενετο δε εν τω ειναι αυτους εκει επλησθησαν αι ημεραι του τεκειν αυτην 2:7 και ετεκεν τον υιον αυτης τον πρωτοτοκον και εσπαργανωσεν αυτον και ανεκλινεν αυτον εν τη φατνη διοτι ουκ ην αυτοις τοπος εν τω καταλυματι
W. H. Auden, “The Vision of the Shepherds,” The Enduring Legacy, p. 306
Frederick Buechner, “The Birth,” The Magnificent Defeat, p. 71-73
Aleane Mason, “Christmas Letter,” (in Christmas File)
“Christmas Letter”
(“The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth His handiwork.”) At the end of a day we stood close together and became part of the clear, starry night; a silent night in spite of the song of crickets and tree toads and our own hushed words of thanksgiving and praise. It must have been on nights such as this that the psalmists of old Palestine composed their hymns. And shepherds watched their flocks, and once heard in wonder that God had placed His own Son in the care of Mary and Joseph in a stable in over-crowded Bethlehem. (“For there is born to you this day in the city of David, a Saviour who is Christ the Lord.”)
Imaging the Word, Vol. 3, p. 98
8-20 Exodus 3:12; Jeremiah 33:12-22
14 Psalm 29:11; Matthew 6:9-10; Luke 11:2
19 Genesis 37:11
20 Luke 8:39
8-14 Léopold Sédar Senghor, “Snow in Paris,” Divine Inspiration, p. 30
8-12 Frederick Buechner, “The Face in the Sky,” The Hungering Dark, p. 11-16
8 Malcolm Muggeridge, Jesus The Man Who Lives, p. 22
12 Kay Ryan, “Crib,” The Best of It, p. 98
“Crib”
For we want to make off
with things that are not
our own. There is a pleasure
theft brings, a vitality
to the home.
Cribbed objects or answers
keep their guilty shimmer
forever, have you noticed?
Yet religions downplay this.
Note, for instance, in our
annual rehearsals of innocence,
the substitution of manger for crib—
as if we ever deserved that baby,
or thought we did.
12 John Shea, “The Daughter of Christmas,” The Spirit Master, p. 199
15-19 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “A Christmas Carol,” Divine Inspiration, p. 33
18-20 Walter Brueggemann, “Energizing and Amazement in Jesus of Nazareth,” The Prophetic Imagination, p. 98 f.
“Energizing and Amazement in Jesus of Nazareth”
19-20 Francis Patrick Sullivan, “Woman Wanted,” A Time To Sow, p. 19
19 Malcolm Muggeridge, Jesus: The Man Who Lives, p. 29
8 And in that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. 10 And the angel said to them, “Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; 11 for to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased!”
15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 And they went with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. 17 And when they saw it they made known the saying which had been told them concerning this child; 18 and all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. 19 But Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart. 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
2:8 και ποιμενες ησαν εν τη χωρα τη αυτη αγραυλουντες και φυλασσοντες φυλακας της νυκτος επι την ποιμνην αυτων 2:9 και ιδου αγγελος κυριου επεστη αυτοις και δοξα κυριου περιελαμψεν αυτους και εφοβηθησαν φοβον μεγαν 2:10 και ειπεν αυτοις ο αγγελος μη φοβεισθε ιδου γαρ ευαγγελιζομαι υμιν χαραν μεγαλην ητις εσται παντι τω λαω 2:11 οτι ετεχθη υμιν σημερον σωτηρ ος εστιν χριστος κυριος εν πολει δαυιδ 2:12 και τουτο υμιν το σημειον ευρησετε βρεφος εσπαργανωμενον κειμενον εν φατνη 2:13 και εξαιφνης εγενετο συν τω αγγελω πληθος στρατιας ουρανιου αινουντων τον θεον και λεγοντων 2:14 δοξα εν υψιστοις θεω και επι γης ειρηνη εν ανθρωποις ευδοκια
2:15 και εγενετο ως απηλθον απ αυτων εις τον ουρανον οι αγγελοι και οι ανθρωποι οι ποιμενες ειπον προς αλληλους διελθωμεν δη εως βηθλεεμ και ιδωμεν το ρημα τουτο το γεγονος ο ο κυριος εγνωρισεν ημιν 2:16 και ηλθον σπευσαντες και ανευρον την τε μαριαμ και τον ιωσηφ και το βρεφος κειμενον εν τη φατνη 2:17 ιδοντες δε διεγνωρισαν περι του ρηματος του λαληθεντος αυτοις περι του παιδιου τουτου 2:18 και παντες οι ακουσαντες εθαυμασαν περι των λαληθεντων υπο των ποιμενων προς αυτους 2:19 η δε μαριαμ παντα συνετηρει τα ρηματα ταυτα συμβαλλουσα εν τη καρδια αυτης 2:20 και υπεστρεψαν οι ποιμενες δοξαζοντες και αινουντες τον θεον επι πασιν οις ηκουσαν και ειδον καθως ελαληθη προς αυτους
Luke 2:21-40 by verse:
General References
Andrew Greeley, When Life Hurts, p. 58-61
Wu Li, from “Music of Harmonious Heaven in Reverent Thanks to the Lord of Heaven,” Divine Inspiration, p. 38
Edward Schillebeeckx, “You Are the Light of the World,” God Among Us, p. 85-90
Christopher Smart, “The Presentation of Christ in the Temple,” Divine Inspiration, p. 39
Imaging the Word, Vol. 3, p. 102
Frederick Buechner, Peculiar Treasures, p. 156-157
Thomas R. Haney, Today’s Spirituality, p. 194
22-24 Leviticus 12:6-8
23 Exodus 13:2, 13:12
21 Christoph Blumhardt, “The Name Jesus,” Blumhardt Reader, p. 158-167
21 Wayne Saffen, “The Name Cuts Deep,” Imaging the Word, Vol. 2, p. 95
“The Name Cuts Deep”
Here’s another one.
A boy, eight days old.
It’s time: time to cut away
Unneeded flesh, to sign the scar
Of God in manchild’s private place.
No one else will know but him and his.
The rite calls for a name.
Have you a name yet, son?
What shall we call you, little giant?
Call his name “Jesus”? Why?
Because he’ll save his people?
What a huge load for such little shoulders.
What dreams parents have, what expectancies.
Poor little child, to have God’s work
Assigned so soon.
Cut the name deep. Tatoo it indelibly on tortured Hebrew flesh.
Scar it with raw wounds to acquaint you early
With cross and barbs and nail.
You’ll be Jew soon enough to know
The Name cuts deep in certain flesh.
Now you belong to God.
There’s no escaping that.
His name for eternity. Get used to it now.
“Jesus” is the handle you’ll get used by.
You’ll wish you could change your name
Into incognito, when the whole world
Calls it out in curse and prayer.
Go home for now, lacerated boy.
Don’t grow up too soon.
21 Teresa of Avila, “The Circumcision,” Divine Inspiration, p. 36
21 And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
22 And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”
2:21 και οτε επλησθησαν ημεραι οκτω του περιτεμειν αυτον και εκληθη το ονομα αυτου ιησους το κληθεν υπο του αγγελου προ του συλληφθηναι αυτον εν τη κοιλια
2:22 και οτε επλησθησαν αι ημεραι του καθαρισμου αβκατα τον νομον μωσεως ανηγαγον αυτον εις ιεροσολυμα παραστησαι τω κυριω 2:23 καθως γεγραπται εν νομω κυριου οτι παν αρσεν διανοιγον μητραν αγιον τω κυριω κληθησεται 2:24 και του δουναι θυσιαν κατα το ειρημενον εν νομω κυριου ζευγος τρυγονων η δυο νεοσσους περιστερων
Dom Helder Camara, Through the Gospel, p. 16
T. S. Eliot, “A Song for Simeon,” The Complete Poems, p. 69 f.
Peter Enns, How the Bible Actually Works, p. 181
How the Bible Actually Works
In Luke 2:25 we are introduced to Simeon, who was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel. Translation: he was an obedient Jew who was hoping that during his lifetime he would see Israel “consoled” or “comforted”—which is straight-up Old Testament language for the return from exile. In fact, the Holy Spirit told him he would. So when he saw the infant Jesus in the Temple and recognized him as the Lord’s Messiah (verse 26),* he knew that he had seen God’s salvation (verse 30). The king has come.
T. S. Eliot, “A Song for Simeon,” The Complete Poems, p. 69 f.
Denise Levertov, “Candlemas,” Breathing the Water, p. 70
"Candlemas"
Thomas Merton, “The Candlemas Procession,” Selected Poetry, p. 40
25 Isaiah 40:1, 61:1
30-31 Isaiah 52:10
31 Isaiah 40:5
32 Isaiah 42:6, 49:6
34-35 John 3:17-21
34 Isaiah 7:14; Jeremiah 1:10
28-35 John Michael Talbot, “Go in Peace,” Meditations in the Spirit
33-35 Donald Juel, Messianic Exegesis, p. 84
Messianic Exegesis
33 Gerald Manley Hopkins, “Sermon,” Poems and Prose, p. 136-142
34 Oscar Romero, The Violence of Love, p. 140
The Violence of Love
Simeon says, “He is a sign of contradiction.”
The good and the bad who repent through him
will receive mercy and pardon.
But he will also be the ruin of many
because the sinfulness, the selfishness, the pride
of many will reject him
Christ is a stumbling block.
And so those who reject me
do me an immense honor
Because I somewhat resemble Jesus Christ
who was also a stumbling block.
Simeon prophesied that the church, following Christ
would have to be like him.
35 Søren Kierkegaard, Provocations, p. 306
Provocations
It was said of Christ that he would reveal the thoughts of many hearts, and this he did. How? Simply by proclaiming grace. He who proclaims the law forces a person into something. People try to hide themselves when faced with the law. But grace, the fact that it is grace, makes them completely unconstrained. Face to face with grace a person really learns to know what lies deepest within.
25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. 27 And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law, 28 he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, 29 “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word; 30 for mine eyes have seen thy salvation 31 which thou hast prepared in the presence of all peoples, 32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to thy people Israel.”
33 And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him; 34 and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.”
2:25 και ιδου ην ανθρωπος εν ιερουσαλημ ω ονομα αβκαι ο ανθρωπος ουτος δικαιος και ευλαβης προσδεχομενος παρακλησιν του ισραηλ και πνευμα ην αγιον επ αυτον 2:26 και ην αυτω κεχρηματισμενον υπο του πνευματος του αγιου μη ιδειν θανατον πριν η ιδη τον χριστον κυριου 2:27 και ηλθεν εν τω πνευματι εις το ιερον και εν τω εισαγαγειν τους γονεις το παιδιον ιησουν του ποιησαι αυτους κατα το ειθισμενον του νομου περι αυτου 2:28 και αυτος εδεξατο αυτο εις τας αγκαλας αυτου και ευλογησεν τον θεον και ειπεν 2:29 νυν απολυεις τον δουλον σου δεσποτα κατα το ρημα σου εν ειρηνη 2:30 οτι ειδον οι οφθαλμοι μου το σωτηριον σου 2:31 ο ητοιμασας κατα προσωπον παντων των λαων 2:32 φως εις αποκαλυψιν εθνων και δοξαν λαου σου ισραηλ
2:33 και ην ιωσηφ και η μητηρ αυτου θαυμαζοντες επι τοις λαλουμενοις περι αυτου 2:34 και ευλογησεν αυτους αβκαι ειπεν προς μαριαμ την μητερα αυτου ιδου ουτος κειται εις πτωσιν και αναστασιν πολλων εν τω ισραηλ και εις σημειον αντιλεγομενον 2:35 και σου δε αυτης την ψυχην διελευσεται ρομφαια οπως αν αποκαλυφθωσιν εκ πολλων καρδιων διαλογισμοι
36-38 Luke 23:27-31
39 Matthew 2:23
39-40 Giovanni Dominici, “The Blessed Virgin and the Infant Jesus,” Divine Inspiration, p. 57
40 Malcolm Muggeridge, Jesus: The Man Who Lives, p. 40
36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phan’u-el, of the tribe of Asher; she was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity, 37 and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. 38 And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. 39 And when they had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth. 40 And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.
2:36 και ην αννα προφητις θυγατηρ φανουηλ εκ φυλης ασηρ αυτη προβεβηκυια εν ημεραις πολλαις ζησασα ετη μετα ανδρος επτα απο της παρθενιας αυτης 2:37 και αυτη χηρα ως ετων ογδοηκοντα τεσσαρων η ουκ αφιστατο απο του ιερου νηστειαις και δεησεσιν λατρευουσα νυκτα και ημεραν 2:38 και αυτη αυτη τη ωρα επιστασα ανθωμολογειτο τω κυριω και ελαλει περι αυτου πασιν τοις προσδεχομενοις λυτρωσιν εν ιερουσαλημ 2:39 και ως ετελεσαν απαντα τα κατα τον νομον κυριου υπεστρεψαν εις την γαλιλαιαν εις την πολιν εαυτων β 2:40 το δε παιδιον ηυξανεν και εκραταιουτο πνευματι πληρουμενον σοφιας και χαρις θεου ην επ αυτο
Maxwell Anderson, “Journey to Jerusalem,” The Enduring Legacy, p. 316
William Blake, “The Everlasting Gospel, III,” The Selected Poetry of Blake, p. 301
"The Everlasting Gospel, III"
Frederick Buechner, “Joseph the Husband of Mary,” Peculiar Treasures, p. 80 Andrew Greeley, “Are We Prepared to Talk About It?,” When Life Hurts, p. 102-105
Thomas R. Haney, Today’s Spirituality, p. 123
Anne Lamott, Plan B, p. 98 f.
John W. Lynch, from A Woman Wrapped in Silence, Divine Inspiration, p. 60
Jaroslav Pelikan, The Illustrated Jesus through the Centuries, p. 11 & 197
Carl Sandburg, The Plough (July 1996), p. 12
The Plough
The young child, Christ, is straight and wise
And asks questions of the old men, questions
Found under running water for all children
And found under shadows thrown on still waters
By tall trees looking downward, old and gnarled.
Found to the eyes of children alone, untold,
Singing a low song in the loneliness.
And the young child, Christ, goes on asking
And the old men answer nothing and only know love
For the young child. Christ, straight and wise.
Imaging the Word, Vol. 1, p. 102-105
41-51 Psalm 119:98-100
41 Exodus 12:1-27; Deuteronomy 16:1-8
46-50 Psalm 27:4
52 1 Samuel 2:26; Proverbs 3:4
"Christmas Letter"
The pine trees are diamonds of enjoyment and inspiration. When we stand beside one as it reaches up and up toward the heavens, we tend, at first, to feel small and insignificant; but into our minds come these words written by and unknown poet, “Like tall trees reaching to the sky, are men who reach for God.” Then we remember that as we reach for God and continue to grow toward Him, hardships and difficulties can strengthen us just as conditions which scar tree trunks and gnarl branches can make a stronger tree. So we stand a little straighter and a little taller, and think again of that first Christmas which came about because God did not consider us small and insignificant but loved us enough to send us His Son. (“And the Child grew up and became strong and full of wisdom. And God’s blessing was upon Him.”)
46-52 Dom Helder Camara, Through the Gospel, p. 23
47 Malcolm Muggeridge, Jesus: The Man Who Lives, p. 38
52 Aleane Mason, “Christmas Letter,” (in Christmas File)
41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom; 43 and when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, 44 but supposing him to be in the company they went a day’s journey, and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances; 45 and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking him. 46 After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions; 47 and all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48 And when they saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.” 49 And he said to them, “How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” 50 And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them. 51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart.
52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and man.
2:41 και επορευοντο οι γονεις αυτου κατ ετος εις ιερουσαλημ τη εορτη του πασχα 2:42 και οτε εγενετο ετων δωδεκα αναβαντων αυτων εις ιεροσολυμα κατα το εθος της εορτης 2:43 και τελειωσαντων τας ημερας εν τω υποστρεφειν αυτους υπεμεινεν ιησους ο παις εν ιερουσαλημ και ουκ εγνω ιωσηφ και η μητηρ αυτου 2:44 νομισαντες δε αυτον εν τη συνοδια ειναι ηλθον ημερας οδον και ανεζητουν αυτον εν τοις συγγενεσιν και εν τοις γνωστοις 2:45 και μη ευροντες αυτον υπεστρεψαν εις ιερουσαλημ ζητουντες αυτον 2:46 και εγενετο μεθ ημερας τρεις ευρον αυτον εν τω ιερω καθεζομενον εν μεσω των διδασκαλων και ακουοντα αυτων και επερωτωντα αυτους 2:47 εξισταντο δε παντες οι ακουοντες αυτου επι τη συνεσει και ταις αποκρισεσιν αυτου 2:48 και ιδοντες αυτον εξεπλαγησαν και προς αυτον η μητηρ αυτου ειπεν τεκνον τι εποιησας ημιν ουτως ιδου ο πατηρ σου καγω οδυνωμενοι εζητουμεν σε 2:49 και ειπεν προς αυτους τι οτι εζητειτε με ουκ ηδειτε οτι εν τοις του πατρος μου δει ειναι με 2:50 και αυτοι ου συνηκαν το ρημα ο ελαλησεν αυτοις 2:51 και κατεβη μετ αυτων και ηλθεν εις βκαι ην υποτασσομενος αυτοις και η μητηρ αυτου διετηρει παντα τα ρηματα ταυτα εν τη καρδια αυτης
2:52 και ιησους προεκοπτεν σοφια και ηλικια και χαριτι παρα θεω και ανθρωποις