Luke 2:52 (DRB)

Passage

And Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and grace with God and men.

Nearby Context

Luke 2:50 And they understood not the word that he spoke unto them.

Luke 2:51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart.

Luke 2:52 And Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and grace with God and men.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "jesus", "advanced", and "wisdom". It is saying that salvation is received as God's gift through faith, so boasting is pushed out by the wording itself.

The prior verse says "And he went down with them and...", giving immediate footing for "grace" and "jesus". In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grace" and "jesus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.