Luke 2:48

And 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.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.

In Context

47And all they that heard him, were astonished at his wisdom and his answers.

49He said to them: Why did ye seek me? Do ye not know, that it behooveth me to be in my Father's house?

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Cross References

Luke 2:49He said to them: Why did ye seek me? Do ye not know, that it behooveth me to be in my Father's house?

Luke 4:22And all bare him witness, and admired the gracious words which proceeded from his mouth; and they said: Is not this the son of Joseph?

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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