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49 And He said to them, “Why is it that you were looking-for Me? Did you not know that I must be in[a] the things of My[b] Father? 50 And they did not understand the thing which He spoke to them. 51 And He went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was being subject to them. And His mother was keeping all these things in her heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:49 That is, engaged in the interests or business of My Father (answering the stated ‘Why’ question); or, located in the possessions or house of My Father (answering the implied ‘Where’ question).
  2. Luke 2:49 Note the contrast with ‘your father’ in v 48.

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