Luke 2:46

On the third day they found him sitting in the Temple, among the Rabbis, both listening to them and asking questions.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

In Context

45and when they did not find him they returned to Jerusalem, making anxious inquiry for him.

47All that heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:21After this Jesus the Christ began to show his disciples how he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things at the hands of the elders and chief priests and Scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day be raised again.

Luke 2:44but supposed that he was in the company, and went a days journey. Then they hunted for him among his kinsfolk and acquaintance;

Acts 5:34but Gamaliel, a Pharisee, a teacher of the law, and held in honor by all the people, rose from his seat, and ordered the apostles to be put outside for a little while.

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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