Luke 2:47

They also asked Jesus questions. When they heard his answers all the people there were very surprised because he was so wise and he gave them such good answers.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

46And then they went back to the temple, and they found him there. Jesus was sitting with the teachers of Moses' law. They were talking together, and Jesus was listening to them and asking them questions.

48Joseph and Mary were very surprised when they saw Jesus sitting with the teachers. His mother said to him, “Son, why didn't you come with us? Your father and I have been very worried about you. We have been searching everywhere for you.”

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Cross References

Luke 2:18Then they told other people as well, and when they heard it they were all very surprised.

Luke 4:32When they heard Jesus they were all very surprised, because he spoke strong words, like the words of rulers.

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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