Luke 2:39
“And when they had performed all things according to the Lawe of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their owne citie Nazareth.”
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Luke 2:39 Context
37And she was a widow of about fourescore and foure yeeres, which departed not from the Temple, but serued God with fastings and prayers night and day. 38And she comming in that instant, gaue thankes likewise vnto the Lord, and spake of him to al them that looked for redemption in Hierusalem. 39And when they had performed all things according to the Lawe of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their owne citie Nazareth. 40And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit filled with wisedome, and the grace of God was vpon him. 41Now his parents went to Hierusalem euery yeere, at the feast of the Passeouer.
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Other Translations for Luke 2:39
And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
- King James Version
When they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city of Nazareth.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And when they had done all the things which were ordered by the law of the Lord, they went back to Galilee, to Nazareth, the town where they were living.
- Basic English Bible
And when they had completed all things according to the law of [the] Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own city Nazareth.
- Darby Bible
And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
- Webster's Bible
Then, as soon as they had accomplished all that the Law required, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.
- Weymouth Bible
When they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.
- World English Bible
And as thei hadden ful don alle thingis, aftir the lawe of the Lord, thei turneden ayen in to Galilee, in to her citee Nazareth.
- Wycliffe Bible
And when they finished all things, according to the Law of the Lord, they turned back to Galilee, to their city Nazareth;
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Luke 2:39
Lu 2:39 They returned into Galilee. Luke omits the stirring events that lie between the visit to the temple and the return to Nazareth, possibly because they are so fully given by Matthew. See Mt 2:1-23. Their own city Nazareth. The old home of Joseph and Mary, now to be the home of Jesus until he was thirty years of age; a mountain village in southern Galilee.