Luke 2:47

(All who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers.)

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

46So it happened that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.

48So upon seeing Him they were amazed, and His mother said to Him: “Son, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been searching for you in distress.”

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Cross References

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

Luke 2:18All who heard marveled at the things told them by the shepherds.

Luke 4:32They kept on being amazed at His teaching, because His word was with authority.

John 7:46The operatives answered, “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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