“And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.”
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man — the growth summary parallels verse 40 (grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, grace of God on him) while adding the four-fold development: wisdom (sophia), stature (hēlikia), favor with God (charis para theō), and favor with people (charis para anthrōpois). The fourfold growth communicates the completeness of the incarnate development — intellectual, physical, spiritual, and social. The one who is the eternal Son of God grows in the full human sense.
Church Fathers on Luke 2:52
All that time of the life of Christ which He passed between His manifestation in the temple and His baptism being devoid of any great public miracles or teaching, the Evangelist sums up in one word’ saying, And he went down with them.
Jesus frequently went down with His disciples, for He is not always dwelling on the mount, for they who were troubled with various diseases were not able to ascend the mount. For this reason now also He went down to them who were below. It follows: And he was subject to them, &c.
For what is the teacher of virtue, unless he fulfill his duty to his parents? What else did He do among us, than what He wished should be done by us?
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