46 And it happened that after three days they found him in the temple courts,[a] sitting in the midst of the teachers and listening to them and asking them questions. 47 And all who heard him were amazed at his insight and his[b] answers. 48 And when they[c] saw him, they were astounded and his mother said to him, “Child, why have you done this to us? Look, your father and I have been searching for you anxiously!”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:46 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
  2. Luke 2:47 This is an understood repetition of “his” due to English style
  3. Luke 2:48 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal