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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Luke 1 contains 80 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.