Luke 2:48
And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
KJV
καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν ἐξεπλάγησαν, καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ· τέκνον, τί ἐποίησας ἡμῖν οὕτως; ἰδοὺ ὁ πατήρ σου κἀγὼ ὀδυνώμενοι ἐζητοῦμέν σε.
Greek NT
Et videntes admirati sunt. Et dixit mater ejus ad illum : Fili, quid fecisti nobis sic ? ecce pater tuus et ego dolentes quærebamus te.
Vulgate
And when they saw him, they were astonished; and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I sought thee sorrowing.
ASV
And seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him: Son, why hast thou done so to us? Behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ — SBLGNT
- εἶπεν πρὸς … αὐτοῦ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- πρὸς … αὐτοῦ εἶπεν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἐζητοῦμέν — SBLGNT
- ἐζητοῦμέν — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- ζητοῦμέν — Westcott-Hort
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§503Mary's virginity manifests God's absolute initiative in the Incarnation. Jesus has only God as Father. "He was never estranged from the Father because of the human nature which he assumed. . . He is naturally Son of the Father as to his divinity and naturally son of his mother as to his humanity, but properly Son of the Father in both natures."161
§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 …
2. But why is it, that having mentioned Abraham, and having said that he begot Isaac, and Isaac, Jacob; and not having made any mention of his brother; when he has come to Jacob, he remembers both Judah, and his brethren? Now there are some that say, it was because of the perverseness of Esau, and of the rest that came before. But I should not say this; for if it were so, how i…
Cross-references
- Luke 2:27 — And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
- Luke 2:49 — And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
- Luke 2:49 — And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
- Matt 1:16 — And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
- Matt 12:46 — While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
- Matt 12:46 — While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.