Son (τεκνον). Child, literally. It was natural for Mary to be the first to speak.

Why (Τ). The mother's re…

How is it? Why have you sought me with so much anxiety? Mary should have known that the Son of God was safe, that his heavenly Fa…

Did you not know . . .?—This is, so to speak, the holy Child’s defense against the implied reproach in His mother’s question. Had …

St. Cyril of Alexandria: The Evangelist, having said before that the Child grew and grew strong, verifies his own words when h…

Jesus’ answer, “Why were you searching for me?”, pointedly prepares the hearer for a significant statement that is then understood as being theolog…

Did you not know? Our Lord justly blames his mother, though he does it in a gentle and indirect manner.

The essence of what he says…

And he said to them, how is it that you sought me ?
&c.] That is, with so much uneasine and distre of mind, not trus…

It is for the honour of Christ that children should attend public worship. His parents did not return until they had stayed all the seven days of t…