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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 2:48

And when they saw him they were astonished; and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold thy father and I sought thee sorrowing.The word "Son" here is actually "Child" (Greek, English Revised Version (1885), margin), showing that Mary still regarded Jesus as a child, hence the reference to Joseph as "thy father," a reference never repeated again. This event took place at that age of Jesus when he was first fully conscious of just "who" he was. Had his mother, but... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 2:49

And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father's house?What did Jesus mean? He was saying, Look, we were all in the temple; I did not leave it; you did. I did not leave you; you left me!In my Father's house ... This is the first recorded utterance of Jesus; and, in it, he laid claim to a relationship to Almighty God, in a sense that distinguished his relationship from one that is open to other men; and throughout his ministry, this claim of Jesus was... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:44

Luke 2:44. Supposing him to have been in the company— Several families then travelled together, as they do at present on such occasions, in companies, or caravans, as they are called in the East. In these companies it was not unusual for persons to leave their own families, and mix with others, for the sake of conversation in the day-time; but at night they always joined their own families again. The parents of Jesus therefore supposing him to have been among their relations, were not... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:46

Luke 2:46. They found him in the temple— On the morrow after their arrival, the parents of Jesus, to their great joy, found him in one of the chambers of the temple, sitting among the doctors, who at certain seasons, and particularly at the great festivals, taught there publicly; a custom hinted at in Jeremiah 26:5-10. See also John 18:20. There were no less than three Sanhedrim, or assemblies of the doctors, who had apartments in the temple, two of these consisted of twenty-three persons each,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:47-48

Luke 2:47-48. And all that heard him were astonished— The words rendered astonished in this verse, and amazed in the next, are much more forcible than our translation of them. They import, that they were in a transport of astonishment, and were struck with admiration. As our Lord himself has told us, that on this occasion he was employed in his Father's business, it is probable that in these his answers and objections, he modestlyinsinuated corrections of the errors wherewith the Jewish... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:49

Luke 2:49. Wist ye not, &c.— Some render this, Know ye not that I must be in my Father's house? With this translation the Syriac version agrees: and it is certain that the Greek will well bear this translation, and that the reply appears with peculiar propriety, if it be supposed to signify, that though they thought him lost, yet he was at home; he was in his Father's house. He calls the temple his Father's house, Joh 2:16 and thus gives a tacit hint, that in staying behind at Jerusalem, he... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:44

44. sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances—On these sacred journeys, whole villages and districts travelled in groups together, partly for protection, partly for company; and as the well-disposed would beguile the tediousness of the way by good discourse, to which the child Jesus would be no silent listener, they expect to find Him in such a group. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:45

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 :-), to which only the priests had access, but in some one of the enclosures around it, where the rabbins, or "doctors," taught their scholars. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:46

46. hearing . . . asking—The method of question and answer was the customary form of rabbinical teaching; teacher and learner becoming by turns questioner and answerer, as may be seen from their extant works. This would give full scope for all that "astonished them in His understanding and answers." Not that He assumed the office of teaching—"His hour" for that "was not yet come," and His equipment for that was not complete; for He had yet to "increase in wisdom" as well as "stature" ( :-). In... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:49

49. about my Father's business—literally, "in" or "at My Fathers," that is, either "about My Father's affairs," or "in My Father's courts"—where He dwells and is to be found—about His hand, so to speak. This latter shade of meaning, which includes the former, is perhaps the true one, Here He felt Himself at home, breathing His own proper air. His words convey a gentle rebuke of their obtuseness in requiring Him to explain this. "Once here, thought ye I should so readily hasten away? Let... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 2:48

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 2:49

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:44

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:46

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:47-48

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 2:49

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:44

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:45

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:46

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:49

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