Luke 2:40-42

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Luke 2:40 tc Most mss (A Θ Ψ ƒ^1,13 33 M) 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 lat co) lack the word.
2. Luke 2:40 sn With the description grew and became strong, filled with wisdom Luke emphasizes the humanity of Jesus and his growth toward maturity.
3. Luke 2:40 tn Or “grace.”
4. Luke 2:40 sn On the phrase the favor of God see Luke 1:66.
5. Luke 2:41 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
6. Luke 2:41 tn Grk “his”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7. Luke 2:41 tn On the distributive use of the term κατά (kata), see BDF §305.
8. Luke 2:41 sn The custom of Jesus and his family going to Jerusalem every year for the Feast of the Passover shows their piety in obeying the law (Exod 23:14-17).
9. Luke 2:42 tn Grk “And when.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
10. Luke 2:42 sn According to the Mishnah, the age of twelve years old is one year before a boy becomes responsible for his religious commitments (m. Niddah 5.6).
11. Luke 2:42 tc Most mss, especially later ones (A C^vid Θ Ψ 0130 ƒ^1,13 33 M lat) have εἰς ῾Ιεροσόλυμα (eis hierosoluma, “to Jerusalem”) here, but the ms support for the omission is much stronger (א B D L W 579 1241 co); further, the longer reading clarifies what they went up to and thus looks like a motivated reading.