Luke 2:45

45 et non invenientes regressi sunt in Hierusalem requirentes eum

Luke 2:45 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 2:45

And when they found him not
In the company that came from Jerusalem with them, nor among any of their relations and friends, with whom they supposed he was:

they turned back again to Jerusalem,
that is, the next morning, for it can hardly be thought they would set out that night, after they had travelled all day, without taking some repose:

seeking him;
at Jerusalem, in the streets and broad places of it; a figure of the church and ordinances, where souls look for, and inquire after their beloved, when they have lost him, ( Song of Solomon 3:1-3 ) .

Luke 2:45 In-Context

43 consummatisque diebus cum redirent remansit puer Iesus in Hierusalem et non cognoverunt parentes eius

44 existimantes autem illum esse in comitatu venerunt iter diei et requirebant eum inter cognatos et notos

45 et non invenientes regressi sunt in Hierusalem requirentes eum

46 et factum est post triduum invenerunt illum in templo sedentem in medio doctorum audientem illos et interrogantem

47 stupebant autem omnes qui eum audiebant super prudentia et responsis eius