Luke 2:45

They did not find him, so they returned to Jerusalem to search for him.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

44They thought that he was with the other people who were traveling with them. They walked all day. Then they started to look for him among their relatives and friends.

46Two days later, they found him. He was in the Temple courtyard, sitting with the Jewish religious teachers. He was listening to what they said, and he was asking them questions.

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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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