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 [ en (G1722 ) tee (G3588 ) sunodia (G4923 ), 'the traveling-company,'] went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. On these sacred journeys whole villages and districts traveled in groups together, partly for protection, partly for company; and as the well-disposed would beguile the tediousness of the way by good discourse, to which the Child Jesus would be no silent listener, they expect to find Him in such a group.