Luke 2:46
And it came to pass after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
45and not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem in search of him.
47And all who heard him, were in a transport of admiration, at his understanding and answers.
Cross References
Matthew 16:21From that time Jesus began to shew his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders, and of the chief-priests, and of the scribes, and be put to death, and the third day rise again.
Luke 2:44but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their relations and acquaintances;
Acts 5:34Then arose a certain Pharisee, in the sanhedrim, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, held in high esteem by all the people, and ordered the apostles to be taken out for a little space;
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 →