Luke 2:50

But they did not understand the words that he spoke to them.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

49He answered, "Why is it that you have been looking for me, did you not realize that I had to be in my Father’s house?"

51Then he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was always obedient to them. But his mother kept treasuring up all these incidents in her hearts.

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Cross References

Luke 9:45But they did not understand this saying; it was hidden from them so that they perceived it not, and they were sore afraid to ask him about his 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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