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Luke 2:44

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

KJV

νομίσαντες δὲ αὐτὸν εἶναι ἐν τῇ συνοδίᾳ ἦλθον ἡμέρας ὁδὸν καὶ ἀνεζήτουν αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς συγγενεῦσιν καὶ τοῖς γνωστοῖς,

Greek NT

Existimantes autem illum esse in comitatu, venerunt iter diei, et requirebant eum inter cognatos et notos.

Vulgate

but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day’s journey; and they sought for him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance:

ASV

And thinking that he was in the company, they came a day's journey and sought him among their kinsfolks and acquaintance.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γνωστός
gnostos
adjective · 15×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
νομίζω
nomizo
verb · 15×
συγγενής
suggenes
noun · 12×
συνοδία
sunodia
noun · 1×
ἀναζητέω
anazeteo
verb · 3×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: εἶναι ἐν τῇ συνοδίᾳ | WH/Treg/NIV: εἶναι ἐν τῇ συνοδίᾳ | RP: ἐν τῇ συνοδίᾳ εἶναι
  • εἶναι ἐν τῇ συνοδίᾳSBLGNT
  • εἶναι ἐν τῇ συνοδίᾳWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐν τῇ συνοδίᾳ εἶναιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ | RP: + ἐν
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἐνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§534The finding of Jesus in the temple is the only event that breaks the silence of the Gospels about the hidden years of Jesus.226 Here Jesus lets us catch a glimpse of the mystery of his total consecration to a mission that flows from his divine sonship: "Did you not know that I must be about my Father's work?"227 Mary and Joseph did not understand these words, but they accepted …

Cross-references

  • Isa 2:3 — And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Z
  • Ps 122:1 — I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.