Luk 2:51 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 51. Was subject unto them ] Behaved towards them with all dutiful submission. Probably his working with his hands at his reputed father's business, is here also implied: . No child among the Jews was ever brought up in idleness. Is not this the carpenter ? was a saying of those Jews who appear to have had a proper knowledge of his employment while in Joseph's house. .

‏ Luke 2:51

Verse 51. Was subject unto them] Behaved towards them with all dutiful submission. Probably his working with his hands at his reputed father's business, is here also implied: See Clarke on Lu 2:41. No child among the Jews was ever brought up in idleness. Is not this the carpenter? was a saying of those Jews who appear to have had a proper knowledge of his employment while in Joseph's house. See Clarke on Mt 13:55.