Luke 2:45

45 Failing to find him, they returned to Yerushalayim to look for him.

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 But after the festival was over, when his parents returned, Yeshua remained in Yerushalayim. They didn't realize this;

44 supposing that he was somewhere in the caravan, they spent a whole day on the road before they began searching for him among their relatives and friends.

45 Failing to find him, they returned to Yerushalayim to look for him.

46 On the third day they found him -- he was sitting in the Temple court among the rabbis, not only listening to them but questioning what they said;

47 and everyone who heard him was astonished at his insight and his responses.