Luke 2:50-51 And they understood not the saying which he spoke to them.… 1. First, we may remark, that the subjection of our Lord to His parents was that of love. Again, the love of children to their parents should manifest itself in a ready compliance with their wishes, and in a disposition to correct everything in the temper or conduct which gives them pain. 2. Another point in the subjection of Christ to His parents worthy of notice is, that it was yielded to those who were so much His inferiors. 3. Again, the subjection of Christ to His parents included obedience to them. 4. And another point in our Lord's example of subjection to His parents is, the returns He made to them. If we were favoured in childhood with wise and religious guardians, they have laid us under a debt of obligation for which we can never be too thankful to them and to God. Jesus Christ toiled as a carpenter with His father until nearly thirty years of age, and probably supported the family after Joseph's death; while many a young lad among us feels that he is hardly dealt with if he does not receive his earnings before he comes of age. (W. H. Lewis, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.WEB: They didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them. |
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