Verse | Translation | Text |
Lu 2:44 | Strong Concordance | But [1161] they, supposing [3543] him [846] to have been [1511] in [1722] the company [4923], went [2064] a day's [2250] journey [3598]; and [2532] they sought [327] him [846] among [1722] their kinsfolk [4773] and [2532] [1722] acquaintance [1110]. |
King James | But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances--On these sacred journeys, whole villages and districts travelled in groups together, partly for protection, partly for company; and as the well-disposed would beguile the tediousness of the way by good discourse, to which the child Jesus would be no silent listener, they expect to find Him in such a group. |