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Luke 2:47 KJV
Luke · chapter 2 · verse 47
And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.Luke 2:47 · King James Version
Luke 2:47 in context
45And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
46And 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.
47And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
48And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
49And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- understandingsynesisa running together, a flowing together with, knowledge, understanding, the understanding…G4907 →
- astonishedexistēmito throw out of position, displace, to amaze, to astonish, throw into wonderment, to be…G1839 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
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We have here the only passage of story recorded concerning our blessed Saviour, from his infancy to the day of his showing to Israel at twenty-nine years old, and therefore we are concerned to make much of this, for it is in vain to wish we had more. Here is, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 41-52