Luke 2:45

and having not found Him, they turned back to Jerusalem seeking Him.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.

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44and having supposed Him to be in the company, they went a day’s journey, and were seeking Him among the relatives and among the acquaintances,

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

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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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