Luke 2:46
It was three days before they found him in the Temple. He was sitting among the religious teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
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45When they couldn't find him they returned to Jerusalem to look for him there.
47All who heard him speak were surprised by his understanding and his answers.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:12Three days' later, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, because the king had told them, “Come back in three days time.”
Isaiah 50:4The Lord God has given me the ability to teach others, to know how to encourage those who are exhausted with a word. He wakes me up every morning; he helps me listen as a disciple.
Matthew 16:21From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem, and that he would suffer terribly at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and religious teachers; and that he would be killed, but he would rise again on the third day.
Luke 2:44They assumed he was with all the others traveling home. A day passed before they started looking for him among their friends and relatives.
Acts 5:34But then one of the council members stood up to speak. He was Gamaliel, a Pharisee and a doctor of law who was respected by everyone. He ordered the apostles sent out for a short 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 →