Lucas 2:46-48 NVIPT

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:48

Verse 48 48.And his mother said to him Those who think that the holy virgin spake in this manner, for the purpose of showing her authority, are, in my opinion, mistaken. It is even possible, that it was not till they were apart, and the witnesses had withdrawn, that she began to expostulate with her son, after they had left the assembly. However that may be, this complaint was not the result of ambition, but was the expression of grief, which had lasted three days. (238) Yet the manner of her... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:39-52

The childhood and the waiting-time. Before the age of twelve, nothing is told. In modern biographies, all kinds of traits, incidents, forecasts of the man in the child, are mentioned. The Apocryphal Gospels fall in with this custom. God's thoughts are not our thoughts. The child-life of "the Lord's Christ" is thoroughly simple. A bright-eyed boy, learning to read the Scriptures at his mother's knee, running out and in to shop and cottage, and joining sometimes in the innocent pastimes of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:41-52

The Child Jesus at Jerusalem . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:41-52

The visit of Jesus to Jerusalem when a Boy. We now proceed to the solitary circumstance in the Child-life of Jesus which is given in the Gospels. He had been growing for twelve years in strength and in spirit, and the Lord loved him. The Child in Nazareth redeemed in God's eyes all the world. It was the one absorbing interest in the Divine outlook upon our race. And now he is taken by his pious parents to the Passover Feast in Jerusalem. It is his second visit to the temple; this time he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:46

And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple. According to the common way of reckoning among the Hebrews, this expression, "after three days," probably means "on the third day." One day was consumed in the usual short pilgrim-journey. His absence at first would excite no attention; on the second, as they missed him still, they sought him in the various pilgrim-companies; and on the day following they found him in the temple courts, with the doctors of the Law. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:48

Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. Mary's words have in them something of reproach. Joseph, it is noticeable, stands evidently apart; but the mother, strangely as it would seem at first, associates him in "thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing." Had she, then, forgotten the past? Who but Mary could have repeated this sacred memory of her mistake, and of the Boy's far-reaching answer? What forger could have imagined such a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:46

After three days - This means, probably, “on the third day” after they had left Jerusalem - that is, the first day they went toward Galilee, on the second they returned to Jerusalem, and on the third they found him. Compare Matthew 27:63; Mark 8:31.In the temple - In the “court” of the temple, for Jesus, not being a Levitical priest, could not enter into the temple itself. See Matthew 21:12.In the midst of the doctors - The “teachers,” the “rabbis,” who were the instructors of the people in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:48

Why hast thou thus dealt with us? - Why hast thou given us all this trouble and anxiety, in going so far and returning with so much solicitude?Thy father - Joseph was not the “real” father of Jesus, but he was “legally” so; and as the secret of his birth was not commonly known, he was called his father. Mary, in accordance with that usage, also called him so.Sorrowing - Anxious, lest in the multitude he might not be found, or lest some accident might have happened to him. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:41-47

Luke 2:41-47. Now his parents went to Jerusalem at the passover As it was usual for those families to do that were remarkably religious, though only the adult males were, by the law, obliged to appear before the Lord on that occasion. And when he was twelve years old And so, according to the Jewish maxims, came under the yoke of the law; they went up to Jerusalem, &c. And thought it proper to take him with them, to celebrate that glorious deliverance which God had so many ages... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:48-50

Luke 2:48-50. And when they saw him they were amazed The clause, thus rendered, signifies, that Joseph and Mary were amazed when they saw him, but it may be translated, They who saw him were amazed, namely, not his parents only, or chiefly, but others. In this sense Dr. Campbell understands it, as suiting better the scope of the passage. “His parents,” says he, “may be said to have had reason of surprise, or even amazement, when they discovered that he was not in their company; but... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:48

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:39-52

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:41-52

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:41-52

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:46

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:48

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:46

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:48

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:41-47

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:48-50

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