Luke 2:40 (LSB)

Passage

Now the Child continued to grow and become strong, being filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

Nearby Context

Luke 2:38 And at that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all those who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Luke 2:39 And when they had finished everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city of Nazareth.

Luke 2:40 Now the Child continued to grow and become strong, being filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

Luke 2:41 And His parents would go to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.

Luke 2:42 And when He became twelve years old, they went up there according to the custom of the Feast;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "child", "continued", "grow", "become", "strong", "filled", and "wisdom". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "grace" and "child", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 39's "And when they had finished everything according..." into verse 41's "And His parents would go to Jerusalem...", so "grace" and "child" belong inside that flow. 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 "child" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.