1 Samuel 2:21

2:21 So the Lord graciously attended to Hannah, and she was able to conceive and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up at the Lord’s sanctuary.¹

Jude 1:24

Final Blessing

1:24 Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling,² and to cause you to stand, rejoicing,³ without blemish⁴ before his glorious presence,⁵

Luke 1:80

1:80 And the child kept growing⁶ and becoming strong⁷ in spirit, and he was in the wilderness⁸ until the day he was revealed⁹ to Israel.

Luke 2:40

2:40 And the child grew and became strong,¹⁰ filled with wisdom,¹¹ and the favor¹² of God¹³ was upon him.

Luke 2:52

2:52 And Jesus increased¹⁴ in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.

¹tn Heb “with the Lord.” Cf. NAB, TEV “in the service of the Lord”; NIV, NRSV, NLT “in the presence of the Lord”; CEV “at the Lord’s house in Shiloh.”

²tn The construction in Greek is a double accusative object-complement. “You” is the object and “free from falling” is the adjectival complement.

³tn Grk “with rejoicing.” The prepositional clause is placed after “his glorious presence” in Greek, but most likely goes with “cause you to stand.”

⁴tn The construction in Greek is a double accusative object-complement. “You” is the object and “without blemish” is the adjectival complement.

⁵tn Or “in the presence of his glory,” “before his glory.”

⁶tn This verb is imperfect.

⁷tn This verb is also imperfect.

⁸tn Or “desert.”

⁹tn Grk “until the day of his revealing.”

¹⁰tc Most mss (A Θ Ψ Ë^1,13 33 Ï) read πνεύματι (pneumati, “in spirit”) after “became strong,” but this looks like an assimilation to Luke 1:80. The better witnesses (א B D L N W pc lat co) lack the word.

¹¹sn With the description grew and became strong, filled with wisdom Luke emphasizes the humanity of Jesus and his growth toward maturity.

¹²tn Or “grace.”

¹³sn On the phrase the favor of God see Luke 1:66.

¹⁴tn Or “kept increasing.” The imperfect tense suggests something of a progressive force to the verb.