Luke 2:44

but supposing Him to be in the travelling company, they proceeded a day's journey. Then they searched up and down for Him among their relatives and acquaintances;

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.

In Context

43after staying the full number of days, when they started back home the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not discover this,

45but being unable to find Him they returned to Jerusalem, making anxious inquiry for Him.

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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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