Luke 2:46
And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
Luke 2:46 in other translations
| BSB | Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. |
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| WEB | After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. |
| ASV | And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions: |
| YLT | And it came to pass, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them, |
| DARBY | And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers and hearing them and asking them questions. |
| BBE | And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them. |
| Webster | And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. |
What does Luke 2:46 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 2:45-46
45-46. After three sorrowing days, they find Him still in Jerusalem, not gazing on its architecture, or surveying its forms of busy life, but in the temple--not the "sanctuary" (as in Lu 1:9), to which only the priests had access, but in some one of the enclosures around it, where the rabbins, or "doctors," taught their scholars.
Barnes' Notes
In the temple. In the court of the temple, for Jesus, not being a Levitical priest, could not enter into the temple itself. See Mt 21:12.
In the midst of the doctors. The teachers, the Rabbins, who were the instructors of the people in matters of religion.
Asking them questions. Proposing questions to them respecting the law and the prophets. There is no reason to suppose that this was for the purpose of perplexing or confounding them. The questions were doubtless proposed in a respectful manner, and the answers listened to with proper deference to their age and rank. Jesus was a child, and religion does not teach a child to be rude or uncivil, even though he may really know much more than more aged persons. Religion teaches all, and especially the young, to treat others with respect, to show them the honour that is due, to venerate age, and to speak kindly to all, 1Pet 2:17; 3:8,9, Ex 20:12, Mt 23:3, Rom 13:7
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 2:41-52
It is for the honour of Christ that children should attend on public worship. His parents did not return till they had stayed all the seven days of the feast. It is well to stay to the end of an ordinance, as becomes those who say, It is good to be here. Those that have lost their comforts in Christ, and the evidences of their having a part in him, must bethink themselves where, and when, and how they lost them, and…
Luke 2:46 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 2:46
- Isaiah 49:1-2
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
- Luke 5:17
And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
- Isaiah 50:4
The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
- Acts 5:34
Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
- Matthew 27:63-64
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
- Matthew 12:40
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- 1 Kings 12:5
And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
- Luke 2:44-45
But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
- Matthew 16:21
From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
- 1 Kings 12:12
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
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Context
- Luke 2:45
And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
- Luke 2:46
And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
- Luke 2:47
And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
Luke 2:46 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y aconteció, que tres días después le hallaron en el templo, sentado en medio de los doctores, oyéndoles y preguntándoles. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il arriva qu’après trois jours ils le trouvèrent dans le temple, assis au milieu des docteurs, les écoutant et les interrogeant. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es geschah, nach drei Tagen fanden sie ihn im Tempel, wie er inmitten der Lehrer saß und ihnen zuhörte und sie befragte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et factum est, post triduum invenerunt illum in templo sedentem in medio doctorum, audientem illos, et interrogantem eos. |