Luke 2:47

But all who listened to him were astonished over his prudence and his responses.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

46And it happened that, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, listening to them and questioning them.

48And upon seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him: “Son, why have you acted this way toward us? Behold, your father and I were seeking you in sorrow.”

Read all of Luke 2

Cross References

Matthew 7:28And it happened, when Jesus had completed these words, that the crowds were astonished at his doctrine.

Luke 2:18And all who heard it were amazed by this, and by those things which were told to them by the shepherds.

Luke 4:32And they were astonished at his doctrine, for his word was spoken with authority.

John 7:46The attendants responded, “Never has a man spoken like this man.”

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Luke 2:47