Luke 2:45 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 2:45

When they could not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and when they found him not, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking for him.

KJV

And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.

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Commentary

1 voice

Origen of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (253)

He is not found as soon as sought for, for Jesus was not among His kinsfolk and relations, among those who are joined to Him in the flesh, nor in the company of the multitude can He be found. Learn where those who seek Him find Him, not every where, but in the temple. And do thou then seek Jesus in the temple of God. Seek Him in the Church, and seek Him among the masters who are in the temple. For if thou wilt so seek Him, thou shalt find Him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And when they found him not,.... In the company that came from Jerusalem with them, nor among any of their relations and friends, with whom they supposed he was: they turned back again to Jerusalem, that is, the next morning, for it can hardly be thought they would set out that night, after they had travelled all day, without taking some repose: seeking him; at Jerusalem, in the streets and broad places of it; a figure of the church and ordinances, where souls look for, and inquire after their beloved, when they have lost him, Son 3:1.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Seeking him - Ζητουντες αυτον - or rather, seeking him diligently, αναζητουντες. This is the reading of BCDL, six others, Vulgate, and nine copies of the Itala. If they sought earnestly when they first found him missing, there is little doubt that their solicitude and diligence must be greatly increased during his three days’ absence, therefore the word which I have adopted, on the above authority, is more likely to be the true reading than the ζητουντες of the common text, which simply signifies seeking; whereas the other strongly marks their solicitude and diligence.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

(1858)

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Hebraic traditional view

Why a boy from Galilee was in Jerusalem

The Law asked every Israelite male to appear in Jerusalem three times a year, Passover chief among them (Deuteronomy 16:16). Galilean families like Joseph's traveled in large caravans of relatives and neighbors: several days on the road each way. That is why Jesus' parents could travel a full day assuming He was “in the company”: a caravan was a moving village. The Mishnah's tractate on the festival visit opens with exactly who was obligated to make this trip (Chagigah 1:1): men were bound, women and children came freely, and Mary came.

Sources: Deuteronomy 16:16 (the pilgrimage command) · Mishnah Chagigah 1:1 (who must appear)

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
εὑρόντες	heurontes	having found	G2147 →
ὑπέστρεψαν	hupestrepsan	they returned	G5290 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Ἰερουσαλὴμ	Ierousalēm	Jerusalem	G2419 →
ἀναζητοῦντες	anazētountes	searching	G327 →
αὐτόν.	auton	Him.	G846 →