Luke 2:46
It happened after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.
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45When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, looking for him.
47All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, "Come to me again the third day."
Isaiah 50:4The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
Matthew 16:21From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
Luke 2:44but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.
Acts 5:34But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the men out 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 →