Luke 2:51 Douay-Rheims

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart.

Origen

c. A.D. 184–253 Patristic

Let us then also ourselves be subject to our parents. But if our fathers are not, let us be subject to those who are our fathers. Jesus the Son of God is subject to Joseph and Mary. But I must be subject to the Bishop who has been constituted my father. It seems that Joseph knew that Jesus was greater than he, and therefore in awe moderated his authority. But let every one see, that oftentimes he who is subject is the greater. Which if they who are higher in dignity understand, they will not be clated with pride, knowing that their superior is subject to them.

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A.D. 253 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 2:51-52

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