Text -- Luke 2:50-52 (NET)

2:50 Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them. 2:51 Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart. 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 2:50

¹ tn Grk “And they.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast.

² tn Grk “they”; the referent (his parents) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ sn This was the first of many times those around Jesus did not understand what he was saying at the time (9:45; 10:21-24; 18:34).

⁴ tn Or “the matter.”

⁵ tn Grk “which he spoke.”

NET Notes: Luk 2:51

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² map For location see Map1 D3; Map2 C2; Map3 D5; Map4 C1; Map5 G3.

³ tn Or “was submitting.”

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast.

⁵ tn Or “all these words.”

⁶ sn On the phrase his mother kept all these things in her heart compare Luke 2:19.

NET Notes: Luk 2:52

¹ tn Or “kept increasing.” The imperfect tense suggests something of a progressive force to the verb.