Luke 2:50
And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
KJV
καὶ αὐτοὶ οὐ συνῆκαν τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς.
Greek NT
Et ipsi non intellexerunt verbum quod locutus est ad eos.
Vulgate
And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
ASV
And they understood not the word that he spoke unto them.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
συνίημι
suniemi
verb · 26×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ῥῆμα
rema
noun · 67×
Historic Christian voices
3 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
- Luke 9:45 — But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
- Luke 9:45 — But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
- Luke 18:34 — And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
- Luke 18:34 — And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
- Mark 9:32 — But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
- Mark 9:32 — But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.