Probably B.C. 4

Matt. 2:19-23Luke 2:39
19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel
of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in
Egypt, saying, 20 Arise and take the young child
and his mother, and go into the land of Israel:
for they are dead that sought the young child's
life. 21 And he arose and took the young child
and his mother, and came into the land of
Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was
reigning over Judea in the room of his father
Herod, he was afraid to go thither; and being
warned of God in a dream, he withdrew into
the parts of Galilee, 23 and came and dwelt in a
city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken 1by the prophets,a that he
should be called a Nazarene.
39 And when they
had accomplished
all things that were
according to the law
of the Lord, they
returned into Galilee,
to their own city
Nazareth.

1 Or, through.

a Cf. Isa. 11:1 where the Messiah is called Netzer, a Branch, though Nazareth is not mentioned in the Old Testament.

§ 17. THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS AT NAZARETH

Probably B.C. 4 to A.D. 7
Luke 2:40

40 And the child grew, and waxed strong, 1filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.a

1 Gr. becoming full of wisdom.

a This simple statement of Luke tells more in one sentence than all the apocryphal Gospels of the Infancy, with their silly legends about the miraculous prowess of the child Jesus.