<p>2:51 <i>And he left with them and went to Nazareth, and was subject to them; and his mother treasured all these sayings in her heart</i>- It could be that she had pondered from the LXX of Gen. 37:11 how Jacob &ldquo;observed&rdquo; (s.w.) the saying of Joseph / Jesus, and therefore felt that she too must meditate on all the words associated with her Son. The Lord at 12 years old displayed such piercing knowledge and spirituality, but it seems He returned to Nazareth and suppressed the expression of it. This is why the villagers were so amazed when He stood up in the Nazareth synagogue and on the basis of Old Testament exposition, indirectly declared Himself the Messiah. He must have stored up so much knowledge and spirituality within Him, but hid it from the eyes of men. This was quite an achievement- to be perfect, and yet not to be noticed as somehow other-worldly. The Lord was &ldquo;subject unto&rdquo; Mary- to train Him for the time when we would be subject to Him as we are now (1 Cor. 15:27,28; Eph. 1:22; 5:24), and all the world subject unto Him (1 Pet. 3:22; Heb. 2:8). And so, wondrous thought that it is, the training of His mother has effect even now; with literally <i>all</i> subject to Him, He was prepared for this by having been subject unto His mother.&nbsp;</p>