Luke 2:47

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

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

46On the third day they found him sitting in the Temple, among the Rabbis, both listening to them and asking questions.

48When they saw him they were astonished, and his mother said to him "Child, why have you treated us so? Behold your father and I have been looking for you in anguish."

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Cross References

Matthew 7:28Now when Jesus had finished his discourse, the crowds were astounded at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes taught them.

Luke 2:18And all who heard it were astonished at the things which were told to them by the shepherds.

Luke 4:32They were deeply impressed by his teaching because his speech was with authority.

John 7:46The officers answered, "Never yet did a man speak like 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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