Childhood of Jesus
Life of Jesus · Draft · BSB
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Date: Birth and childhood. A guided comparison of Gospel accounts, not a measured calendar or a claim that every parallel follows the same sequence.
Luke summarizes the child’s growth, strength and wisdom, with God’s grace upon him.
This verse covers a period of life rather than one dated event. It gives no detailed childhood itinerary or stories of childhood miracles.
Primary Scripture
2:40 And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.
Related Scripture
Samuel’s growth provides an earlier narrative comparison.
Location evidence
Luke’s childhood summary follows the return to Nazareth. The town is the narrative setting; the verse gives no itinerary for the intervening years.
Event map marker: Identified site; [longitude, latitude] = [35.30153, 32.70675]. This is a teaching marker, not an exact event venue.
Nazareth: Identified site. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [35.30153, 32.70675]. Classification source: rule.
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For the class
What does this brief summary tell us, and what does it leave unsaid?
Interpretation and reuse
Narrative order is a reading arrangement, not a proven chronology. Dates retain their stated uncertainty. An identified locality does not establish the exact venue or prove an event. Region extents and routes are illustrative, not surveyed boundaries or ancient roads. Draft material has not completed editorial review.
Record source: theographic (263)
Record source: editorial
Events and places adapted from Theographic Bible Metadata (github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata), CC BY-SA 4.0. This adapted data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Place coordinates from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0.
Teaching stops, summaries and regional extents are original editorial content of this atlas.
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