Luke 2:49 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴⁹And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?

Luke 2:49 —

Old words in this verse

wist: — knew.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 6:38
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
John 8:29
And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
Malachi 3:1
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
Psalms 40:8
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God God Guidance Lord Majesty Theology Trinity

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 41-52)

We have here the only passage of story recorded concerning our blessed Saviour, from his infancy to the day of his showing to Israel at twenty-nine years old, and therefore we are concerned to make much of this, for it is in vain to wish we had more. Here is, I. Christ’s going up with his parents to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover, Luke 2:41, 42. 1. It was their constant practice to attend…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 49)

49. about my Father’s business--literally, “in” or “at My Fathers,” that is, either “about My Father’s affairs,” or “in My Father’s courts”--where He dwells and is to be found--about His hand, so to speak. This latter shade of meaning, which includes the former, is perhaps the true one, Here He felt Himself at home, breathing His own proper air. His words convey a gentle rebuke of their obtuseness…