Luke 2:47

And all who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

46Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

48When His parents saw Him, they were astonished. “Child, why have You done this to us?” His mother asked. “Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You.”

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Cross References

Matthew 7:28When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,

Luke 2:18And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

Luke 4:32They were astonished at His teaching, because His message had authority.

John 7:46“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.

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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