Luke 2:50

Webster's Bible (1833)

They didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 18:34 : 34 They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn't understand the things that were said.
  • Mark 9:32 : 32 But they didn't understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
  • Luke 9:45 : 45 But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

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  • John 8:27
    83%

    27They didn't understand that he spoke to them about the Father.

  • Mark 9:32-33
    2 verses
    82%

    32But they didn't understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

    33He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you arguing among yourselves on the way?"

  • Luke 9:45
    82%

    45But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

  • Luke 2:41-49
    9 verses
    80%

    41His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.

    42When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast,

    43and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn't know it,

    44but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

    45When they didn't find him, they returned to Jerusalem, looking for him.

    46It happened after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.

    47All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

    48When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you."

    49He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"

  • Luke 2:51-52
    2 verses
    80%

    51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

    52And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

  • John 10:6
    79%

    6Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.

  • Luke 18:34
    79%

    34They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn't understand the things that were said.

  • Mark 8:21
    77%

    21He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"

  • Matt 15:16
    74%

    16So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand?

  • Luke 2:33
    73%

    33Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him,

  • Luke 24:16
    72%

    16But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

  • Gen 42:23
    72%

    23They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

  • Mark 9:6
    71%

    6For he didn't know what to say, for they were very afraid.

  • John 16:18
    71%

    18They said therefore, "What is this that he says, 'A little while?' We don't know what he is saying."

  • Matt 13:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.

    14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, And will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, And will in no way perceive:

  • Mark 6:52
    71%

    52for they hadn't understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

  • John 6:42
    71%

    42They said, "Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'"

  • Mark 4:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.'"

    13He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

  • John 20:9
    70%

    9For as yet they didn't know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

  • Matt 17:13
    70%

    13Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.

  • Acts 28:26
    70%

    26saying, 'Go to this people, and say, In hearing, you will hear, But will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, But will in no way perceive.

  • Luke 2:17
    70%

    17When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

  • Luke 20:26
    70%

    26They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.

  • John 2:12
    70%

    12After this, he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, his brothers, and his disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

  • Gen 42:8
    70%

    8Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize him.

  • Isa 44:18
    70%

    18They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.

  • John 12:16
    70%

    16His disciples didn't understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.

  • John 8:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

    20Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

  • Mark 8:17
    69%

    17Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?

  • Luke 20:7
    69%

    7They answered that they didn't know where it was from.

  • Mark 9:10
    69%

    10They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.

  • Luke 14:6
    69%

    6They couldn't answer him regarding these things.

  • Acts 7:25
    69%

    25He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn't understand.

  • Matt 13:51
    69%

    51Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?" They answered him, "Yes, Lord."

  • John 8:43
    69%

    43Why don't you understand my speech? Because you can't hear my word.

  • Matt 12:16
    69%

    16and charged them that they should not make him known:

  • Luke 24:45
    69%

    45Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.