Luke 2:47

And all of them were astonished, as they heard him, at his wisdom and at his answers.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

In Context

46And after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them and questioning them.

48And when they saw him, they wondered; and his mother said to him, My son, why hast thou done with us thus? for, behold, I and thy father with great anxiety have sought thee.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:28And when Jeshu had finished these words, the multitudes wondered at his doctrine.

Luke 2:18And all who heard wondered at those (things) which were told them by the shepherds.

Luke 4:32And they were astonished at his doctrine, for with power was his word.

John 7:46The officers say to them, Never so spake a son of man as speaks this man!

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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