Luke 2:49
And 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
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
50And they did not have binah of the dvar which he spoke to them.
Cross References
Malachi 3:1Hineni, I will send malachi, 1 and he shall prepare the Derech before me: 1 and HaAdon (the L-rd) [Moshiach], + 3:1 Zech 4:14 whom ye seek, 1 shall suddenly come to His Heikhal, 1 even the Malach HaBrit, in whom ye have chafetz (delight): 1 hinei, He is coming, saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1
Luke 2:48And 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.
John 4:34Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, My okhel (food) is that I may do the ratzon (will) of the One having sent me and may complete His ma'aseh (work). + 4:34 Koh 11:5
John 6:38For I have come down from Shomayim not that I may do my ratzon, but the ratzon of the One having sent me.
John 9:4It is necessary for us to work the pe'ulot of the One having sent me while it is Yom. Lailah comes when no one is able to work. + 9:4 Jer 13:16
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 →