Luke 2:44

And thinking that he was in the company, they came a day's journey, and sought him among their kinsfolks and acquaintance.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.

In Context

43And having fulfilled the days, when they returned, the child Jesus remained in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not.

45And not finding him, they returned into Jerusalem, seeking him.

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Cross References

Psalms 42:4My tears have been any bread day and night, whilst it is said to me daily : Where is thy God?

Isaiah 2:3And many people shall go, and say: Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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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