Luke 2:46

And it came to pass, after three days, that they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

In Context

45and not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem in search of him.

47And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding, and his answers.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:21From that time Jesus began to tell his disciples plainly, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and be raised again the third day.

Luke 2:44But supposing that he was in the company, they went a day’s journey; and they sought for him among their relatives and acquaintance;

Acts 5:34Then arose a certain man in the Sanhedrim, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people; and he commanded them to put the apostles out for 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 →

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