Luke 2:39
Parallel Verses
New International Version
When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.


English Standard Version
And when they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.


New American Standard Bible
When they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city of Nazareth.


King James Bible
And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.


Holman Christian Standard Bible
When they had completed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.


International Standard Version
After doing everything required by the Law of the Lord, Joseph and Mary returned to their hometown of Nazareth in Galilee.


American Standard Version
And when they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.


Douay-Rheims Bible
And after they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their city Nazareth.


Darby Bible Translation
And when they had completed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own city Nazareth.


Young's Literal Translation
And when they finished all things, according to the Law of the Lord, they turned back to Galilee, to their city Nazareth;


Commentaries
2:36-40 There was much evil then in the church, yet God left not himself without witness. Anna always dwelt in, or at least attended at, the temple. She was always in a praying spirit; gave herself to prayer, and in all things she served God. Those to whom Christ is made known, have great reason to thank the Lord. She taught others concerning him. Let the example of the venerable saints, Simeon and Anna, give courage to those whose hoary heads are, like theirs, a crown of glory, being found in the way of righteousness. The lips soon to be silent in the grave, should be showing forth the praises of the Redeemer. In all things it became Christ to be made like unto his brethren, therefore he passed through infancy and childhood as other children, yet without sin, and with manifest proofs of the Divine nature in him. By the Spirit of God all his faculties performed their offices in a manner not seen in any one else. Other children have foolishness bound in their hearts, which appears in what they say or do, but he was filled with wisdom, by the influence of the Holy Ghost; every thing he said and did, was wisely said and wisely done, above his years. Other children show the corruption of their nature; nothing but the grace of God was upon him.

39. Nothing is more difficult than to fix the precise order in which the visit of the Magi, with the flight into and return from Egypt (Mt 2:13-23), are to be taken, in relation to the circumcision and presentation of Christ in the temple, here recorded. It is perhaps best to leave this in the obscurity in which we find it, as the result of two independent, though if we knew all, easily reconcilable narratives.
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