Luke 2:50

But they didn't understand what he meant.

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In The King James Version

And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.

In Context

49“Why is it that you were looking for me?” Jesus replied. “Didn't you know I should be here in my Father's house?”

51Then he went back with them to Nazareth, and did what he was told. His mother kept a careful note of everything that happened.

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Cross References

Luke 9:45But they didn't understand what this meant. Its meaning was hidden from them so they didn't realize its implications, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

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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