...the first 30 years of mortal life of the Creator and Lord of this earth is captured in the statement: "And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them..."133 Christ's perfection in meekness is shown in His submission to Joseph and Mary, whose knowledge...

...Father's house and occupied about my Father's business? But they did not comprehend what he was saying to them. And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was habitually obedient to them and his mother kept and closely and persistently guarded all these things...

...into the land of Israel ; for they are dead which about my Father's business? '" And they under stood not the saying which He spake unto them. And He went...them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them ; and His mother kept all these sayings in her heart." And Jesus increased in wisdom and age," and...

...they were, and that He had come to save the lost and show them the way of salvation. The Bible says "and they understood not the saying which he spake...went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was still subject unto them: but his mother kept all these things in her heart"(Luke 2:50-51). Verse 52...

...inasmuch as repudiated them as His parents by what He had just said, the evangelist at once added : "And they understood not the saying which He spake unto them ; and He went down with them, arid came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them." 5 Subject to whom but His parents ? And who was...

...God has been pleased to tell us of the hidden years before He came forth to proclaim His messiahship. "And He went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them." There again, what an example He sets to Christian young people of all ages. Oh, how much insubjection...

...human reality in the young lad. The phrase used earlier to initiate this narrative reads like this, "And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them" (Luke 2:51). The Greek word and understanding is "to place in an orderly fashion under". What happened...

...headed home. He amazed the "doctors of the law." But when His parents found Him, He was submissive to them. "And He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was [habitually] obedient to them; and his mother kept and closely and persistently guarded all these things...

...and stature, he also chose to obey. We know from Scripture that He obeyed his parents, for we read... And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them (Luke 2:5 la). This subjection to his parents was a willing submissiveness on His part - a moral choice...

...know that I must be in my Father's house?" And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them. 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. And Jesus increased in wisdom...