Thinking that he was with their fellow-travelers, they went one day's journey before searching for him among their relations and acquaintances;
And had finished their visit; but, when they started to return, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, without their knowing it.
And then, as they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching everywhere for him.
All the friends of Jesus had been standing at a distance, with the women who accompanied him from Galilee, watching all this.