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Selected Verse: Luke 2:48 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 2:48 |
King James |
And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Why hast thou thus dealt with us? - Why hast thou given us all this trouble and anxiety, in going so far and returning with so much solicitude?
Thy father - Joseph was not the "real" father of Jesus, but he was "legally" so; and as the secret of his birth was not commonly known, he was called his father. Mary, in accordance with that usage, also called him so.
Sorrowing - Anxious, lest in the multitude he might not be found, or lest some accident might have happened to him. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
They were amazed (ἐξεπλάγησαν)
A very strong word; the verb meaning, literally, to strike out or drive away from; and so to drive out of one's senses. Hence in the general sense of great amazement. Amaze is to throw into a maze or labyrinth; and so is closely akin to the Greek word here, and is a faithful rendering.
Son (τέκνον)
Lit., child. See on Mat 1:1.
Thy father
"Up to this time Joseph had been so called by the holy child himself; but from this time never" (Alford).
Have sought (ἐζητοῦμεν)
Imperfect tense: were seeking; Mary is going over in mind the process of the search. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Why hast thou thus dealt with us? - It certainly was not his fault, but theirs. Men are very apt to lay on others the blame of their own misconduct. |
1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.