Luke 2:50

His parents did not 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“What made you search for me?” he answered. “Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

51However he went down with them to Nazareth, and submitted himself to their control; and his mother treasured all that was said in her heart.

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Cross References

Luke 9:45But the disciples did not understand the meaning of this; it had been concealed from them so that they did not see it, and they were afraid to question him as to what he meant.

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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