Luke 2:50

And they did not understand the word which He spoke unto them.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.

In Context

49And He said to them, Why were you seeking after me? Did you not know that it behooved me to be in the affairs of my Father?

51And He went down with them and came to Nazareth; and was subject unto them. And His mother continued to keep all these words in her heart.

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Cross References

Luke 9:45And they did not understand this word, and it was hidden from them, in order that they should not understand it: and they were afraid to ask Him concerning this word.

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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