And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
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Gill's Exposition
And they understood not the saying,.... What he meant by his Father's house, or his Father's business, and the necessity of his being there, and about that:
which he spake unto them; at that time,…
Barnes' Notes
How is it ... - “Why” have ye sought me with so much anxiety? “Mary” should have known that the Son of God was safe; that his heavenly Father would take care of him, and that he could do nothing…
Adam Clarke
How is it that ye sought me? - Is not this intended as a gentle reproof? Why had ye me to seek? Ye should not have left my company, when ye knew I am constantly employed in performing the will of the…
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…
Cambridge Bible
about my Father's business Rather, in my Father's house. See Excursus I. These words are very memorable as being the first recorded words of Jesus. They bear with them the stamp of authenticity in…
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