Luke 2:46

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And it came to pass, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them,

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  • 1 Kgs 12:12 : 12 And they come -- Jeroboam and all the people -- unto Rehoboam, on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, `Come back unto me on the third day.'
  • Isa 49:1-2 : 1 Hearken, O isles, unto me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, Jehovah from the womb hath called me, From the bowels of my mother He hath made mention of my name. 2 And he maketh my mouth as a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He hath hid me, And He maketh me for a clear arrow, In His quiver He hath hid me.
  • Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary `by' a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones.
  • Luke 5:17 : 17 And it came to pass, on one of the days, that he was teaching, and there were sitting by Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who were come out of every village of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was -- to heal them.
  • Acts 5:34 : 34 but a certain one, having risen up in the sanhedrim -- a Pharisee, by name Gamaliel, a teacher of law honoured by all the people -- commanded to put the apostles forth a little,
  • Matt 12:40 : 40 for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
  • Matt 16:21 : 21 From that time began Jesus to shew to his disciples that it is necessary for him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be put to death, and the third day to rise.
  • Matt 27:63-64 : 63 saying, `Sir, we have remembered that that deceiver said while yet living, After three days I do rise; 64 command, then, the sepulchre to be made secure till the third day, lest his disciples, having come by night, may steal him away, and may say to the people, He rose from the dead, and the last deceit shall be worse than the first.'
  • Luke 2:44-45 : 44 and, having supposed him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and were seeking him among the kindred and among the acquaintances, 45 and not having found him, they turned back to Jerusalem seeking him.
  • 1 Kgs 12:5 : 5 And he saith unto them, `Go -- yet three days, and come back unto me;' and the people go.

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  • Luke 2:39-45
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    39And when they finished all things, according to the Law of the Lord, they turned back to Galilee, to their city Nazareth;

    40and the child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

    41And his parents were going yearly to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover,

    42and when he became twelve years old, they having gone up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast,

    43and having finished the days, in their returning the child Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother did not know,

    44and, having supposed him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and were seeking him among the kindred and among the acquaintances,

    45and not having found him, they turned back to Jerusalem seeking him.

  • Luke 2:47-52
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    47and all those hearing him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

    48And, having seen him, they were amazed, and his mother said unto him, `Child, why didst thou thus to us? lo, thy father and I, sorrowing, were seeking thee.'

    49And he said unto them, `Why `is it' that ye were seeking me? did ye not know that in the things of my Father it behoveth me to be?'

    50and they did not understand the saying that he spake to them,

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

    52and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.

  • 16And he questioned the scribes, `What dispute ye with them?'

  • 27And he came in the Spirit to the temple, and in the parents bringing in the child Jesus, for their doing according to the custom of the law regarding him,

  • John 7:14-15
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    14And it being now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up to the temple, and he was teaching,

    15and the Jews were wondering, saying, `How hath this one known letters -- not having learned?'

  • 33And Joseph and his mother were wondering at the things spoken concerning him,

  • 14and he found in the temple those selling oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the money-changers sitting,

  • 33And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he was questioning them, `What were ye reasoning in the way among yourselves?'

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    47And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him -- also the chiefs of the people --

    48and they were not finding what they shall do, for all the people were hanging on him, hearing him.

  • 25and having found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, `Rabbi, when hast thou come hither?'

  • 12and neither in the temple did they find me reasoning with any one, or making a dissension of the multitude, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;

  • 2and all the people were coming unto him, and having sat down, he was teaching them;

  • Luke 2:16-17
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    16And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,

    17and having seen, they made known abroad concerning the saying spoken to them concerning the child.

  • 37and having found him, they say to him, -- `All do seek thee;'

  • 27And they come again to Jerusalem, and in the temple, as he is walking, there come unto him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,

  • 11the Jews, therefore, were seeking him, in the feast, and said, `Where is that one?'

  • John 2:19-21
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    19Jesus answered and said to them, `Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.'

    20The Jews, therefore, said, `Forty and six years was this sanctuary building, and wilt thou in three days raise it up?'

    21but he spake concerning the sanctuary of his body;

  • 16And he came to Nazareth, where he hath been brought up, and he went in, according to his custom, on the sabbath-day, to the synagogue, and stood up to read;

  • 14And having come unto the disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them,

  • Luke 4:31-32
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    31And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbaths,

    32and they were astonished at his teaching, because his word was with authority.

  • 15and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David,' were much displeased;

  • 46And there entered a reasoning among them, this, Who may be greater of them?

  • 2and sabbath having come, he began in the synagogue to teach, and many hearing were astonished, saying, `Whence hath this one these things? and what the wisdom that was given to him, that also such mighty works through his hands are done?

  • 38and all the people were coming early unto him in the temple to hear him.

  • 56they were seeking, therefore, Jesus, and said one with another, standing in the temple, `What doth appear to you -- that he may not come to the feast?'

  • 22and they were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

  • 4and having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring from them where the Christ is born.

  • 6And there were certain of the scribes there sitting, and reasoning in their hearts,

  • 66and all who heard did lay them up in their hearts, saying, `What then shall this child be?' and the hand of the Lord was with him.

  • 17And it came to pass, on one of the days, that he was teaching, and there were sitting by Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who were come out of every village of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was -- to heal them.

  • 1And it came to pass, on one of those days, as he is teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came upon `him',

  • 22And when the days of their purification were fulfilled, according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present to the Lord,

  • 41And the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus did question them,