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They didn`t understand the saying which he spoke to them.
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A Glimpse of Divine Mystery
Commentators explain that Mary and Joseph's confusion highlights the profound mystery of Jesus' identity. His statement, identifying God as "my Father," was the first dawning of his unique divine consciousness. Their inability to grasp this underscores the awesome and unprecedented nature of who Jesus is—fully human and uniquely the Son of God.
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Luke
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They understood not, and so on. It is remarkable that they did not understand Jesus in this, but it shows how slow persons are to believe.…
They understood not (ου συνηκαν). First aorist active indicative (one of the k aorists). Even Mary with all her previous preparati…
19th Century
Anglican
They understood not the saying.—We are apt to think that they should have understood, and skeptical criticism has seen in this a contradic…
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Jesus’ answer, “Why were you searching for me?”, pointedly prepares the hearer for a significant statement that is then understood as being theolog…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they understood not the saying, What he meant by his Father's house, or his Father's business, and the necessity of h…
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…
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