Luke 2:46 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴⁶ And it happened after three days that they found Him in the Temple, sitting in the middle of the [Jewish] teachers, listening to them and asking questions.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁶ And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁶ After three days they found Him [came upon Him] in the [court of the] temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁶ And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions:

Common English Bible

⁴⁶ After three days they found him in the temple. He was sitting among the teachers, listening to them and putting questions to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁶ And it happened that, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, listening to them and questioning them.

Luke 2:46 Cross References

Luke 5:17

And it happened on one of those days [in Capernaum. See Mark 2:1], as Jesus was teaching, that some Pharisees [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion] and teachers of the Law of Moses, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem, were sitting around [i.e., listening to Him]. And the power of the Lord was with Him, enabling Him to heal people.

Acts 5:34

But [then] Gamaliel, a Council member, who was a Pharisee [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion], and an expert in the Law of Moses and highly regarded by all the people, stood up and ordered the apostles to step outside [of the Council meeting] briefly.

Matthew 12:40

For just like Jonah was in the stomach of the huge fish for three days and nights, so the Son of man will be in the heart of the earth [i.e., the cave-tomb] for three days and nights.

Matthew 16:21

From that time onward Jesus began to explain to His disciples that He would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the [Jewish] elders, leading priests, and experts in the Law of Moses; [that He would then] be killed and [yet] raised up on the third day.

Luke 2:47

And all of them who heard Him were amazed at His understanding [i.e., of spiritual matters] and His answers [to questions they would ask Him].

John 3:10

Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of the Israelites and [yet] you do not understand these things?

1 Timothy 1:7

They want to be teachers of the Law of Moses, even though they do not understand what they are saying or what they are affirming with [such] confidence.