Luke 2:44

They assumed that he was with the group that was traveling with them, so they traveled a day's journey. Then they started looking for him among their relatives and friends.

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But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.

In Context

43After they had stayed the full number of days for the feast, they began to return home. But the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem and his parents did not know it.

45When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem and started looking for him there.

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Cross References

Psalms 42:4These things I call to mind as I pour out my soul: 1 how I went with the throng and led them to the house of God 1 with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude celebrating a festival. 1

Isaiah 2:3Many peoples will come and say, 1 “Come, let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob, 1 so he may teach us some of his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” 1 For out of Zion will go the law, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem. 1

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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