Luke 2:48
His parents were amazed when they saw him, and his mother said to him: “My child, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.”
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
47All who listened to him marvelled at his intelligence and his answers.
49“What made you search for me?” he answered. “Did not you know that I must be in my Father’s House?”
Cross References
Luke 2:49“What made you search for me?” he answered. “Did not you know that I must be in my Father’s House?”
Luke 4:22All who were present spoke well of him, and were astonished at the beautiful words that fell from his lips. “Is not he Joseph’s son?” they asked.
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 →