Luke 2:48

And when his horim (parents) saw him, they were astounded, and his Em (mother) said to him, Beni, why did you do thus to us? Hinei, your abba and I were anxiously looking for you.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.

In Context

47And all the ones listening to him where amazed at his binah and at his teshuvot (answers).

49And he said to them, Why is it that you were looking for me? Did you not have daas that I must be in the Beis Avi? + 2:49 i.e., dealing with His affairs

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Cross References

Luke 2:49And he said to them, Why is it that you were looking for me? Did you not have daas that I must be in the Beis Avi? + 2:49 i.e., dealing with His affairs

Luke 4:22And everyone was speaking well of him, and they were amazed at the divrei Chen coming out of his mouth and they were saying, Can this be Ben Yosef?

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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