Luke 2:47

And those who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and His answers.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

46Now it came to pass that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them.

48And when they saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said to Him, “Child, why have You treated us this way? Look, Your father and I were seeking You anxiously.”

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Cross References

Matthew 7:28And so it was, when Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,

Luke 2:18And all those who heard it marveled about the things spoken by the shepherds to them.

Luke 4:32And they were astonished at His teaching, because His word was with authority.

John 7:46The attendants answered them, “No man ever spoke 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 →

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