“Then he went down
With them
To Nazareth.
He was obedient
To them.
His mother
Treasured
All these things
In her heart.”
καὶ κατέβη μετ’ αὐτῶν καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Ναζαρὲθ, καὶ ἦν ὑποτασσόμενος αὐτοῖς. καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ διετήρει πάντα τὰ ῥήματα ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῆς.
Luke said that Jesus went down with his parents to Nazareth (καὶ κατέβη μετ’ αὐτῶν καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Ναζαρὲθ). There he was obedient to them or submitted to them (καὶ ἦν ὑποτασσόμενος αὐτοῖς). He did not go out on his own. His mother treasured all these things (καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ διετήρει πάντα τὰ ῥήματα) in her heart (ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῆς). This may be a hint that some of this information came from Mary, the mother of Jesus. Jesus could have begun his public ministry as a boy wonder in Jerusalem, but he chose not to do so. Instead he went back to Nazareth to be an obedient submissive child for at least 10-15 years. That seems like a strange decision. Meanwhile, his mother pondered or kept all these events in her heart as memoires.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 