All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
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All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
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And all that hearde him mervelled at his wit and answers.
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And all that heard him, were astonied at his vnderstanding and answeres.
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Passages linked to Luke 2:47 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 7:28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
- Psalms 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
- Luke 4:32 and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.
- John 7:15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
- Mark 1:22 They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
- Luke 4:22 All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
- John 7:46 The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 47 And all that heard him were astonished at…
47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
Ver. 47. At his understanding] Which was so large, even as man, that some have affirmed it to be infinite, and uncreated; but of this, his manhood being a creature, was incapable. Howbeit here our Saviour put forth a beam of his Deity, which yet he soon drew in again, and lay long after obscured.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain What was the subject matter of the doctors’ and…
What was the subject matter of the doctors’ and Christ’s discourses is vainly questioned, only in the general we may be assured it was something about the Divine law; what the particular themes or subjects were is not material for us to inquire. Our Saviour so answered their questions, as they were all astonished.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when they saw him they were amazed,.... That…
And when they saw him they were amazed,.... That is, when Joseph and Mary saw him amidst the doctors, they were astonished that he was admitted among them, and had in such esteem by them:
and his mother said unto him; she being his own, and only parent, and not Joseph; and therefore he said nothing, but left it to her; who upon sight of him, at least as soon as she had a proper opportunity after he had left the doctors, began to chide, or rather to expostulate with him after this manner:
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son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? which was said with great tenderness of affection, and in much mildness; and may be a pattern to parents, who should not provoke their children to anger, but deal gently and tenderly with them:
behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing; with great grief, anxiety, and solicitude, fearing lest some evil had befallen him. Mary calls Joseph his father, though she knew he was not, in a proper sense; but because he was supposed to be so, and was his father by the law of marriage; and especially, she might call him so because of his paternal care of him in his education, and bringing him up: for it is a maxim with the Jews (e), that "not he that begets, but he that brings up, is the father.
(e) Shemot Rabba, sect. 46. fol. 143. 1.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 47. Answers:] The word αποκρισις here seems not…
Verse 47. Answers:] The word αποκρισις here seems not to mean answers only, but what Jesus said by way of question to the doctors, Lu 2:46. So in Re 7:13, one of the elders is said to have answered, saying - when he only asked a question. Bp. PEARCE.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 47. Astonished at his understanding and answers—Ebrard repudiates the…
47. Astonished at his understanding and answers—Ebrard repudiates the idea that it was upon some dry and futile rabbinical subtlety that Jesus was thus wise. “What if, on the contrary, Jesus had just heard some passages from the prophets read; had asked for explanation; put some questions; and then, from the fulness of his own innate knowledge had given answers himself which were so striking as to leave every thing the doctors had said far behind, and therefore to excite the greatest astonishment?” No subject could be more intensely absorbing to the future Messiah than the matters of type, sacrifice, and prophecy. As in a mirror, he would more and more clearly read his own features and future destiny. In a little more than twelve years he was to return to this temple, claim his rights as Messiah, and in due time make the sacrifice of which all other sacrifices were but the types.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 47. were astonished] Similar incidents are narrated of Rabbi…
47. were astonished] Similar incidents are narrated of Rabbi Eliezer Ben Azariah; of Rabbi Ashi, the compiler of the Babylonian Talmud; and (by himself) of Josephus (Vit. 2). See Excursus VII.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (47) At his understanding and answers.—The first word seems…
(47) At his understanding and answers.—The first word seems to point to the discernment which showed itself in the questions as well as the answers. The egotism of Josephus leads him to speak of himself as having, at the age of fourteen—when he too had become “a child of the Law”—caused a like astonishment by his intelligence; so that the chief priests and principal men of the city used to come and consult him upon difficult questions in the interpretation of the Law (Life, c. 1). The fact is so far interesting as showing that the class of teachers retained the same kind of interest in quick and promising scholars.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 2:47 amazed at his understanding and his answers: Jesus…
2:47 amazed at his understanding and his answers: Jesus fulfilled Isa 11:2.
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