Luke 2:46
And it came to pass, that, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them, and asking them questions.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
45And not finding him, they returned into Jerusalem, seeking him.
47And all that heard him were astonished at his wisdom and his answers.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying: Come to me again the third day.
Isaiah 50:4The Lord hath given me a learned tongue, that I should know how to uphold by word him that is weary: he wakeneth in the morning, in the morning he wakeneth my ear, that I may hear him as a master.
Matthew 16:21From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the ancients and scribes and chief priests, and be put to death, and the third day rise again.
Luke 2:44And thinking that he was in the company, they came a day's journey, and sought him among their kinsfolks and acquaintance.
Acts 5:34But one in the council rising up, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, respected by all the people, commanded the men to be put forth 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 →