Luke 2:51

Luke 2:51. Was in subjection unto them. Rendering full obedience, probably working at His reputed father's trade (Mark 6:2). In the light of Luke 2:49 this obedience appears as a self-humiliation. It adds to our conception of the completeness of His vicarious work during these long years, to remember that there were other children in the household to try Him in the ways so common to children. The passive virtues could scarcely be manifested had He been alone.

But his mother, etc. Joseph disappears from the history at this point He probably died at some time during the eighteen years before our Lord's ministry began. Mary kept all these sayings in her heart during these years, and from her the Evangelist may have derived his information.