Luke 2:47

And all men that heard him, wondered on the prudence and the answers of him.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

46And it befell, that after the third day they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the doctors, (or the teachers of the Law), hearing them and asking them.

48And they saw (him), and wondered. And his mother said to him, Son, what hast thou done to us thus? (or Son, why hast thou done this to us?) Lo! thy father and I sorrowing have sought thee.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:28And it was done, when Jesus had ended these words, the people wondered on his teaching;

Luke 2:18And all men that heard wondered, and of these things that were said to them of the shepherds. (And everyone who heard about it, wondered about these things that were told to them by the shepherds.)

Luke 4:32And they were astonied in his teaching, for his word was in power. (And they were astonished with his teaching, for there was power in his words.)

John 7:46The ministers answered (or The servants answered), Never (a) man spake so, 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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