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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?

KJV

καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς· τί ὅτι ἐζητεῖτέ με; οὐκ ᾔδειτε ὅτι ἐν τοῖς τοῦ πατρός μου δεῖ εἶναί με;

Greek NT

Et ait ad illos : Quid est quod me quærebatis ? nesciebatis quia in his quæ Patris mei sunt, oportet me esse ?

Vulgate

And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father’s house?

ASV

And he said to them: How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be about my father's business?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δεῖ
dei
verb · 103×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Historic Christian voices

7 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 …
§2599The Son of God who became Son of the Virgin learned to pray in his human heart. He learns to pray from his mother, who kept all the great things the Almighty had done and treasured them in her heart.41 He learns to pray in the words and rhythms of the prayer of his people, in the synagogue at Nazareth and the Temple at Jerusalem. But his prayer springs from an otherwise secret …
The apocryphal and spurious Scriptures of the Marcosians, with passages of the Gospels which they pervert. 1. Besides the above [misrepresentations], they adduce an unspeakable number of apocryphal and spurious writings, which they themselves have forged, to bewilder the minds of foolish men, and of such as are ignorant of the Scriptures of truth. Among other things, they bring…

Cross-references

  • John 2:16 — And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
  • John 2:16 — And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
  • John 4:34 — Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
  • John 5:17 — But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
  • John 6:38 — For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
  • John 8:29 — And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
  • John 9:4 — I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Mal 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold,
  • Mark 1:38 — And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.
  • Mark 3:33 — And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
  • Matt 21:12 — And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
  • Ps 26:8 — LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
  • Ps 40:8 — I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.