Luke 2:49

John 2:16; John 2:17; John 4:34; John 5:17; John 6:38; John 8:29; John 9:4; Luke 2:48; Malachi 3:1; Matthew 21:12; Psalms 40:8

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How is it ... - “Why” have ye sought me with so much anxiety? “Mary” should have known that the Son of God was safe; that his heavenly Father wou...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wist ye not . knew ye not. Greek. oida. See App-132. must. These are the first recorded words of the Lord. The reference is to Psalms 40:5-11...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

49. Did ye not know? Our Lord justly blames his mother, though he does it in a gentle and indirect manner. The amount of what he says is, th...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1479 CHRIST’S EARLY HABITS Luke 2:49 . And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me. wist ye not that I mutt be about my Father...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? How is it that ye sought me? - Is not this...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Wist ye not, &c.— Some render this, Know ye not that I must be in my Father's house? With this translation the Syriac version agrees: and it...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? And he said unto them, How is it t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

How is it ] 'Not a reproof, but an expression of surprise. He is not surprised at their coming back for Him, but at their not knowing where to find...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Wist ye not...? — This is, as it were, the holy Child’s defence against the implied reproach in. His mother’s question. Had they reflected, there n...
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 gar...
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. Thi...
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, aft...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A CONDITION OF LIFE ‘Wist ye not that I must be about My Father’s business?’ Luke 2:49 The lessons to be drawn from this incident are suffic...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? Ver. 49. Wist ye not ] Men, be they pl...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And when they saw him they were amazed The clause, thus rendered, signifies, that Joseph and Mary were amazed when they saw him, but it may be tran...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

His Father's business:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And He said unto them, How is it that ye sought Me? Wist ye not that I must be about My Father's business?
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Why sought ye me? — He does not blame them for losing, but for thinking it needful to seek him: and intimates, that he could not be lost, nor found...

⁴⁹ And he said unto them,How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?

Related Commentaries of Luke 2:49

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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