Luke 2:46

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it happened, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.

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  • 1 Kgs 12:12 : 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.
  • Isa 49:1-2 : 1 Listen to me, O islands; and hear me, you people from afar; The LORD has called me from the womb; from my mother's body he has made mention of my name. 2 And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he has hidden me, and made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he has hidden me;
  • Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as the learned.
  • Luke 5:17 : 17 And it happened on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
  • Acts 5:34 : 34 Then one in the council stood up, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, respected among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles outside for a little while,
  • Matt 12:40 : 40 For as Jonah 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.
  • Matt 16:21 : 21 From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day.
  • Matt 27:63-64 : 63 Saying, Sir, we remember that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. 64 Command therefore that the sepulcher be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say to the people, He is risen from the dead; so the last deception will be worse than the first.
  • Luke 2:44-45 : 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the group, went a day's journey, and they sought him among their relatives and acquaintances. 45 And when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking him.
  • 1 Kgs 12:5 : 5 And he said to them, Depart for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

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