These two verses portray Christ's physical growth as being parallel to his spiritual development; the growth process occurred in him both naturally and spiritually. If "The Son is God", as the Athanasian Creed states concerning the 'Trinity', this would not have been possible.
Mistari hii miwili inaonyesha ukuaji wa mwili wa Kristo ikiwa sambamba na kukuwa kwake kiroho; maendeleo ya ukuaji ulitoka ndani yake pande mbili kwa kawaida na kwa kiroho. Ikiwa"mwana ni Mungu", kama imani ya Athanasi isemavyo kuhusu ‘utatu’, hii isengewezekana.