Luke 1:80
New International Version
And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.

New Living Translation
John grew up and became strong in spirit. And he lived in the wilderness until he began his public ministry to Israel.

English Standard Version
And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.

Berean Literal Bible
And the child continued to grow and was strengthened in spirit; and he was in the deserted places until the day of his appearance to Israel.

King James Bible
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

New King James Version
So the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

New American Standard Bible
Now the child grew and was becoming strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

NASB 1995
And the child continued to grow and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

NASB 1977
And the child continued to grow, and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the child continued to grow and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the desolate regions until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Amplified Bible
The child continued to grow and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel [as John the Baptist, the forerunner of the Messiah].

Christian Standard Bible
The child grew up and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The child grew up and became spiritually strong, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

American Standard Version
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But the boy was growing and being strengthened in spirit, and he dwelt in the wilderness until the day of his manifestation unto Israel.

Contemporary English Version
As John grew up, God's Spirit gave him great power. John lived in the desert until the time he was sent to the people of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit; and was in the deserts until the day of his manifestation to Israel.

English Revised Version
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The child John grew and became spiritually strong. He lived in the desert until the day he appeared to the people of Israel.

Good News Translation
The child grew and developed in body and spirit. He lived in the desert until the day when he appeared publicly to the people of Israel.

International Standard Version
Now the child continued to grow and to become spiritually strong. He lived in the wilderness until the day he appeared in Israel.

Literal Standard Version
And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts until the day of his showing to Israel.

Majority Standard Bible
And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.

New American Bible
The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the desert until the day of his manifestation to Israel.

NET Bible
And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he appeared publicly to Israel.

New Heart English Bible
The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing to Israel.

Weymouth New Testament
And the child grew and became strong in character, and lived in the Desert till the time came for him to appear publicly to Israel.

World English Bible
The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Zechariah's Song
79to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.” 80And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.

Cross References
Judges 13:24
So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.

1 Samuel 2:21
So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.

Luke 2:40
And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.

Acts 18:28
For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.


Treasury of Scripture

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing to Israel.

the child.

Luke 1:15
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

Luke 2:40,52
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him…

Judges 13:24,25
And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him…

and was.

Matthew 3:1
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

Matthew 11:7
And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

Mark 1:3,4
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight…

his.

John 1:31
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

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Luke 1
1. The preface of Luke to his whole gospel.
5. The conception of John the Baptist;
26. and of Jesus.
39. The prophecy of Elisabeth and of Mary, concerning Jesus.
57. The nativity and circumcision of John.
67. The prophecy of Zachariah, both of Jesus,
76. and of John.














(80) And the child grew.--We have no materials for filling up this brief outline of the thirty years that followed in the Baptist's life. The usual Jewish education, the observance of the Nazarite vow, the death of his parents while he was comparatively young, an early retirement from the world to the deserts that surrounded the western shores of the Dead Sea, study and meditation given to the Law and the Prophets, the steadfast waiting for the consolation of Israel, possible intercourse with the Essenes who lived in that region, or with hermit-teachers, like Banus, the master of Josephus (Life, c. 1), whose form of life was after the same fashion as his own: this we may surmise as probable, but we cannot say more. Whatever may have been the surroundings of his life, he entered upon his work in a spirit which was intensely personal and original.

Verse 80. - And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit. We have here another of St. Luke's solemn pauses in his narrative - one of those little passages in which, in a few words, he sets before us a picture clear and vivid of the events of long years. "The description," writes Dr. Farrar, "resembles that of the childhood of Samuel (1 Samuel 2:26) and of our Lord (Luke 2:40-52). Nothing, however, is said of 'favor with men.' In the case of the Baptist, as of others, 'the boy was father to the man;' and he probably showed from the first that rugged sternness which is wholly unlike the winning grace of the child Christ. 'The Baptist was no lamb of God. He was a wrestler with life, one to whom peace does not come easily, but only after a long struggle. His restlessness had driven him into the desert, where he had contended for years with thoughts he could not master, and from whence he uttered his startling alarms to the nation. He was among the dogs rather than among the lambs of the Shepherd' ('Ecce Homo')." And was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel. "The deserts" here alluded to were that desolate waste country south of Jericho and along the shores of the Dead Sea. We know nothing of the details of the life of the boy, the wonderful circumstances of whose birth are related so circumstantially in this opening chapter of St. Luke's Gospel. Mary, whose "memories," we believe, are recounted almost in her own words, was herself a witness of some of the circumstances narrated; from her friend and cousin Elisabeth she doubtless received the true history of the rest. But Zacharias and Elisabeth, we know, were aged persons when John was born. They probably lived only a short time after his birth. Hence his solitary desert life. Of it we know nothing. In those wild regions at that time dwelt many grave ascetics and hermit teachers, like the Pharisee Banus, the matter of Josephus. From some of these the orphan boy probably received his training. It is clear, from such passages as John 1:31-33 and chapter John 3:2, that some direct communication from the Highest put an end to the ascetic desert life and study. Some theophany, perhaps, like the appearance of the burning bush which called Moses to his great post, summoned the pioneer of Christ to his dangerous and difficult work. But we possess no account of what took place on this occasion when God spoke to his servant John, the evangelist simply recording the fact, "The word of God came unto the son of Zacharias in the wilderness" (chapter 3:2).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

the
Τὸ (To)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

child
παιδίον (paidion)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3813: Neuter diminutive of pais; a childling, i.e., an infant, or a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature Christian.

grew
ηὔξανεν (ēuxanen)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 837: (a) I cause to increase, become greater (b) I increase, grow. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to grow, i.e. Enlarge.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

became strong
ἐκραταιοῦτο (ekrataiouto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2901: To strengthen, confirm; pass: I grow strong, become strong. From krataios; to empower, i.e. increase in vigor.

in spirit;
πνεύματι (pneumati)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4151: Wind, breath, spirit.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

he lived
ἦν (ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
ταῖς (tais)
Article - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

wilderness
ἐρήμοις (erēmois)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's 2048: Lonesome, i.e. waste.

until
ἕως (heōs)
Preposition
Strong's 2193: A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until.

[the] time
ἡμέρας (hēmeras)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

of his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

public appearance
ἀναδείξεως (anadeixeōs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 323: From anadeiknumi; exhibition.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

Israel.
Ἰσραήλ (Israēl)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2474: Of Hebrew origin; Israel, the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants.


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