Luke 2:50

And they understood not the meaning of what he spake to them.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

49And he said unto them, Wherefore did ye seek me? did you not know, that I must be occupied with my Father’s affairs?

51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was in subjection to them: though his mother preserved all these sayings in her heart.

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Cross References

Luke 9:45And they understood not that declaration, and it was hid from them, that they should not comprehend its meaning: and they were afraid to ask him concerning that saying.

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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