Luke 2:41-52
- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- I.III.2, I.XX.2, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- Chapter XXVI, Against Praxeas, Tertullian (c. 213)
- Chapter I, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
- Commentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists, John Calvin, 1558: Luke 2:40-47, Luke 2:48-52.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "All duties which we owe to men, even though they are not to be neglected, so are they (according to the position in life which God has set us) not to be preferred before the glory of God."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary (c. 1700).
- "It is for the honour of Christ that children should attend on public worship."
- From
Wesley's
Notes.
John Wesley
(1703-1791).
- "Not one word is said of his disputing with them, but only of his asking and answering questions, which was a very usual thing in these assemblies, and indeed the very end of them. And if he was, with others, at the feet of these teachers (where learners generally sat) he might be said to be in the midst of them, as they sat on benches of a semicircular form, raised above their hearers and disciples."
- "Christ About His Father's Business," Luke 2:49, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1857.
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "In fact, the beauty of Christ's example lies very much in His never at one stage of His life anticipating the duties of another."
- From The
People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "Jesus grew up among a people seldom and only contemptuously named by the ancient classics, and subjected at the time to the yoke of a foreign oppressor; in a remote and conquered province of the Roman empire; in the darkest district of Palestine; in a little country town of proverbial insignificance; in poverty and manual labor; in the obscurity of a carpenter's shop; far away from universities, academies, libraries, and literary or polished society; without any help, as far as we know, except the parental care, the daily wonders of nature, the Old Testament Scriptures, the weekly Sabbath service of the synagogue at Nazareth (Luke 4:16), the annual festivities in the temple of Jerusalem (Luke 2:42), and the secret intercourse of his soul with God, his heavenly Father.--Schaff."
- Comparative References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Boy Jesus in the Temple, audio telling, story in episodes, graphic, audio and written commentaries. Go Tell Communications, Biblical Storytelling for the Global Village, 2012.
-
Commentary,
Luke 2:41-52, Ginger Barfield, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "Verses 51 and 52 provide a Jesus model: he went home with his parents and obeyed them. He grew in all ways as a person should. The end of verse 51 tells us what Jesus' mother did: she worked out things in her heart and mind."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
-
"First
Thoughts on Year C Gospel Passages in the Lectionary,"
Christmas 1,
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "Luke gives us an ideal picture, but at least in doing so he retains a genuinely human Jesus in a genuinely human context. It is this Jesus (and this kind of Jesus, not one who dropped in complete from outer space) whom God anoints to declare and live out the good news of liberation and salvation."
-
"Learning from Our Children," Peter Woods, I Am Listening,
2009.
- "Children find their true home despite us."
-
"Young Jesus in the Temple," Tony Jones, Now THIS Is Some
Theoblogy, 2009.
- "As usual, I?m most interested in the redaction angle on the text ? that is, Why is it here? Why only in Luke? Why the only story of Jesus? youth? Why age 12? What?s its place in the narrative?"
-
Lectionary Blogging, John Petty, Progressive Involvement,
2009.
- "...one notes that Joseph and Mary search for Jesus for 'three days.' In the resurrection, the new family of God supercedes one's earthly family."
- Exegetical
Notes by Brian
Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
- "Being the Son of God, being about his father's business means facing temptation and being servant to all in need. Perhaps in our text, it was the teachers in the temple who where the ones in need."
-
Holy Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours,
Luke 2:41-52, David Ewart, 2009.
- "When preaching on this text it is important to remember that Luke is not writing a 'How To' book for parenting; nor is he writing a morality tale to illustrate proper behaviour for children."
- Laterally Luke, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
-
"My
Father's House and Business," Norb Kabelitz, Sabbatheology,
The Crossings Community, 2009.
- "Why is it that our witness seems to lose human (and maybe divine) favor in today's world?"
-
Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion,
Luke 2:41-52. "A place of
conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
- "In the midst of the usual there are opportunities to find something more than we ever expected."
- "The Childhood of Jesus," study guide for adults, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Children," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2003.
- "Laying Foundations for Faith," study guide for adults, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Catechesis," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2003.
-
"Fear, Family and Christmas,"
Feast of the Holy Family, Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from Sundays Into
Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian
Meditation. Claretian Publications.
- "Just be still and know that God is there within you and many of your fears will vanish. This will make you a more sensitive and loving family member."
-
"Jesus: A Normal Teenager," Feast of Sto. Niño,
Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from Sundays Into
Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian
. Claretian Publications.
- "Very often we do not have listening in a family because there is fear."
- "The Boy Jesus in the Temple," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
- Lectionary
Commentary and Preaching Paths (Christmas C1), by Dennis Bratcher,
at The Christian Resource Institute.
- "Since it is the first Sunday after Christmas, and this is the first narrative after the birth narratives in Luke, a valid question might be, "After Christmas, What?" Where do we go after we have celebrated, after we have heard angels sing and watched shepherds worship? Where do we go after the wonder has faded and we have been plodding amid the ordinary circumstances of life? Do we lose the sense of expectation, so that we do not really anticipate this child to do anything out of the ordinary?"
-
"'Didn't You Know?'"
Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
- "Understanding [GSN4907 sunesis] meant more than knowledge, it also meant, ?to run things together.? It was a term used symbolically of making two headstrong horses pulling a chariot respond as if they were but one animal."
-
"Stirrings of Divinity,"
Peter Storey, The Christian Century, 2000.
Religion Online.
- "If we struggle with Jesus? being 'fully human and fully God,' it should not be surprising if the child Jesus wrestled with his identity too."
- Articles & Background:
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Chakoian, Karen, "Between Text & Sermon, Luke 2:41-52," Interpretation, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schüssler,
"Expository Article: Luke 2:41-52," Interpretation, 1982.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Guthrie, Shirley C., Jr.,
"Jesus' Family and Ours," Journal for Preachers, 1987.
Sermon.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jansen, John F.,
"An Exposition of Luke 2:41-52," Interpretation, 1976.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Klotz, John W., "1st Sunday after
Christmas," Concordia Journal, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Meyer, Ben F., S.J.,
"'But Mary Kept All These Things...' (Luke 2:19, 51)," The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 1964.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Russell, Letty M.,
"God with Us," The Christian Century, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Storey, Peter,
"Stirrings of Divinity," The Christian Century, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Thyne, Patrick,
"Tell Me about Your Day," The Living Pulpit, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - van der Horst, P.W.,
"Notes on the Aramaic Background of Luke 2:41-52," Journal for the
Study of the New Testament, 1980.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Chakoian, Karen, "Between Text & Sermon, Luke 2:41-52," Interpretation, 1998.
- Reviews:
- Chilton, Bruce, Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography. Doubleday, 2000. Review by Deidre Good, Anglican Theological Review, 2003.
- Sermons:
- With Children:
- "Jesus Grows Up," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "Home Alone," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
- "Jesus Is Lost in Jerusalem," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
-
"The Boy Jesus
Visits the Temple,"
- Drama:
- "Airplane," Bruce Lang, dramatix.
- "Everyday Concerns," (scroll down) from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Luke 2:42, Luke 2:49, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Luke 2:41-52, Luke 2:41-51, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
- Luke 2:41-52 at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
- Clip Art, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
- Jesus Visits Jerusalem, Henry Martin, sermons4kids.com.
- Boy Jesus in Temple, Clip Art, Anglican Diocese of Dunedin, New Zealand.
- Hymns and Music:
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Luke 2:46, 49, 52. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- At Oremus
Hymnal:
- By the Creator, Joseph was appointed
- Come now, and praise the humble saint
- Love came down at Christmas
- O God of Bethel, by whose hand
- O Savior of our fallen race
- O sleep now, holy baby
- Once in royal David's city
- Our Father, by whose Name
- Sing of Mary, pure and lowly
- When Jesus left his Father's throne
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Literary References online:
- "Temple," from La Corona by John Donne (1572-1631).
- Find Worship Resources & Suggested Other Readings for
use with this text:
- Christmas 1C
- Christmas 2A (Episcopal)
- Christmas 2B (Episcopal)
- Christmas 2C (Episcopal)
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Luke
