“Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s House? But they did not understand what he was saying to them. Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. And Jesus […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 123 – Commentary Luke 2:46-48 – Did Jesus learn from humans?
After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 122 – Commentary Luke 2:41-45 – God, please make yourself known to the helpless and hopeless
Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival according to the custom. After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Thinking he […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 121 – Commentary Luke 2:39-40 – Do you depend on God?
When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him. (Luke 2:39-40) In the late 1990’s at a Rebecca St. […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 120 – Commentary Luke 2:36-38 – Does God discriminate?
There was also a prophetess, Anna, from the family of Phanuel in the tribe of Asher. Anna was very old. She had once been married for seven years. Then her husband died, and she was a widow for eighty-four years. Anna never left the Temple but worshiped God, going without food and praying day and […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 119 –Commentary Luke 2:33-35 – Let God’s gift of Jesus make you rise.
The child’s father and mother marveled at what was said about him. Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 118 – Commentary Luke 2:27b-32 – Was Simeon afraid of death?
When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying: “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 117 – Commentary Luke 2:25-27a – Should Christians be like angels?
At that time there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon. He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him and had revealed to him that he would not die until he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. That day the Spirit […]