Luke 2:44 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. ”

• Luke 2:44 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Supposing him to have been in the company - It may seem very remarkable that parents should not have been more attentive to their only son, and that they should not have been assured of his prese...

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• Luke 2:44 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  An Incident in Jesus-' Boyhood. The lad grows in body and mind and is blessed by God. When He is twelve years old He accompanies His parents to the Passover at Jerusalem, and when the week's Feast...

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• Luke 2:44 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  supposing . surely reckoning. See note on Luke 3:23 . the company: i.e. in the caravan. a day's journey. Probably to Beeroth, about six miles north of Jerusalem. Now Bireh. sought . sea...

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• Luke 2:44 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  44. And thinking that he was in the company Many passages of Scripture show plainly, that those who came from a distance, at the festivals, to worship in the temple, were accustomed to trave...

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• Luke 2:44 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. Supposing him to have been in the company - Some have supposed...

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• Luke 2:44 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Supposing him to have been in the company— Several families then travelled together, as they do at present on such occasions, in companies, or caravans, as they are called in the East. In these c...

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• Luke 2:44 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. But they, supposing him to have been in the company [ e...

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• Luke 2:44 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Birth and Childhood of Jesus 1-5. The census of Quirinius. There are two historical difficulties in connexion with St. Luke's mention of the census of Quirinius: (1) There is no direct evidence, e...

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• Luke 2:44 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Supposing him to have been in the company. — The company was probably a large one, consisting of those who had come up to keep the Passover from Nazareth and the neighbouring villages. It is not ce...

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• Luke 2:44 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Boy Jesus in the Temple Luke 2:40-52 “Solitary floweret,” says Stier, referring to this incident, “gathered from the wonderful enclosed garden of the thirty years and plucked precisely when...

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• Luke 2:44 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Jesus was born in Bethlehem, under the yoke of an oppressor. Moreover, by the exigency of the circumstances, He was born amid the homeless crowd. This was according to the divine arrangement and fore...

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• Luke 2:44 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (41) Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. (42) And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem, after the custom of the feast. (43) And when they had...

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• Luke 2:44 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THE TEMPLE AND THE HOME ‘When He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem.… And He went down with them, … and was subject unto them.’ Luke 2:42-51 In this passage we learn something o...

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• Luke 2:44 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But they supposing him to have been in the company ,.... That travelled together into the same parts, having been, as they, at Jerusalem to keep the feast: went a day's journey ; either before the...

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• Luke 2:44 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. Ver. 44. Sought him among their kinsfolk ] They knew him to...

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• Luke 2:44 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Luke 2:44 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE BIRTH OF THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-7) God in His sovereign wisdom and power at this time ordered the events of man's government to accomplish His own will. Caesar Augustus decreed that all the wor...

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• Luke 2:44 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ Sitting with the Doctors.       41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.   42 And when he was...

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• Luke 2:44 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 44-46. After three days possibly here is to be understood from the time they first went from Jerusalem; one day they went forward in their journey, a second day they were coming back, the thir...

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• Luke 2:44 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Jesus Goes Up to the Temple and Receives Understanding in the Things of God in His Father's Presence (2:41-51). We are now given an example of how He has developed through the years, for He meets...

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• Luke 2:44 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 2:40 . Waxed strong .—The words “in spirit” are added from Luke 1:80 ; omitted in R.V. Filled with wisdom .—Lit. “becoming full of wisdom.” The grace of God .—The favour o...

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• Luke 2:44 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Luke 2:41-52 This passage is one of peculiar interest, as this account which it gives is the only circumstance mentioned of our blessed Lord from His childhood till He was thirty years of age. And...

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• Luke 2:44 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Luke 2:1 . It came to pass in those days, when John was born, and when the Roman emperor, Augustus Cæsar, filled the throne, and was in the thirty first year of his reign, that, a decree was issue...

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• Luke 2:44 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover The life of Jesus I. JESUS CHRIST IN HOME LIFE. “And He went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto...

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• Luke 2:44 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 2:1-42 The Redeemer's birth . Luke 2:1 There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed ; more accurately, that there should be a r...

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• Luke 2:44 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Christ-Child in the Temple. Luke 2:41-52 The trip to Jerusalem:

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• Luke 2:44 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Isaiah 2:3 ; Psalms 122:1-4 ; Psalms 42:4

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• Luke 2:44 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Seven Magnificats Selections from Luke 1:1-80 and Luke 2:1-52 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the annunciation of the birth of Chri...

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• Luke 2:44 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Supposing him to have been in the company — As the men and women usually travelled in distinct companies.

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