Luke 2:48
And when they saw him they were amazed. And his mother said to him: Child, why have you acted thus toward us? Behold, your father and I have sought for you in sorrow.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
47And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding, and his answers.
49And he said to them: Why did you seek for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?
Cross References
Luke 2:49And he said to them: Why did you seek for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?
Luke 4:22And all extolled him; and they wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth, and said: Is not this the son of Joseph?
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 →