Luke 2:46-52

46 And it happened that after three days they found him in the temple [courts], sitting in the midst of the teachers and listening to them and asking them [questions].
47 And all who heard him were amazed at his insight and [his] answers.
48 And [when they] saw him, they were astounded and his mother said to him, "Child, why have you done this to us? Look, your father and I have been searching for you anxiously!"
49 And he said to them, "{Why} were you searching for me? Did you not know that it was necessary [for] me to be in the [house] of my Father?"
50 And they did not understand the statement that he spoke to them.
51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was submitting to them. And his mother treasured all these things in her heart.
52 And Jesus was advancing in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and [with] people.

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. *Here "[courts]" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
  • [b]. *This is an understood repetition of "[his]" due to English style
  • [c]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal
  • [d]. Literally "what [is it] that"
  • [e]. Or "things" (= business)
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