Luke 2:46
And it came to pass after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and questioning them.
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In Context
45And not having found him, they turned back to Jerusalem, seeking him.
47And all who heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.
Isaiah 50:4Lord LORD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning. He awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
Matthew 16:21From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scholars, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
Luke 2:44but, having supposed him to be in the caravan, they went a day's journey. And they sought him among their kinfolk and acquaintances.
Acts 5:34But after standing up in the council, a certain Pharisee named Gamaliel, a law teacher, esteemed by all the people, commanded to make the apostles be outside a little while.
Matthew Henry on Luke 2:42-52
Christ Sitting with the Doctors. 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45 And when they found him not,… Read the whole commentary →