Luke 2:47

And all they that heard him, were astonished at his wisdom and his answers.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

46And after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, and listening to them, and asking them questions.

48And when they saw him they were amazed. And his mother said to him: My son, why hast thou done so to us? For lo, I and thy father have been seeking for thee with great anxiety.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:28And so it was, that when Jesus had ended these discourses, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching:

Luke 2:18And all that heard, wondered at the things that were told them by the shepherds.

Luke 4:32And they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was authoritative.

John 7:46The constables say to them: Never did a man speak, as this man speaketh.

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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