KJV: And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
YLT: And it came to pass, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them,
Darby: And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers and hearing them and asking them questions.
ASV: And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions:
| ἐγένετο | it came to pass |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Singular Root: γίνομαι Sense: to become, i. |
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| μετὰ | after |
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Parse: Preposition Root: μετά Sense: with, after, behind. |
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| ἡμέρας | days |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Plural Root: ἡμέρα Sense: the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night. |
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| τρεῖς | three |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Feminine Plural Root: τρεῖς Sense: three. |
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| εὗρον | they found |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: εὑρίσκω Sense: to come upon, hit upon, to meet with. |
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| ἱερῷ | temple |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Neuter Singular Root: ἱερόν Sense: a sacred place, temple. |
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| καθεζόμενον | sitting |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle or Passive, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: καθέζομαι Sense: to sit down, seat one’s self, sit. |
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| μέσῳ | [the] midst |
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Parse: Adjective, Dative Neuter Singular Root: μέσος Sense: middle. |
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| τῶν | of the |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| διδασκάλων | teachers |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: διδάσκαλος Sense: a teacher. 2 in the NT one who teaches concerning the things of God, and the duties of man. |
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| καὶ | both |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: καί Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but. |
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| ἀκούοντα | hearing |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ἀκουστός Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf. |
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| ἐπερωτῶντα | questioning |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ἐπερωτάω Sense: to accost one with an enquiry, put a question to, enquiry of, ask, interrogate. |
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Greek Commentary for Luke 2:46
One day out, one day back, and on the third day finding him. [source]
Probably on the terrace where members of the Sanhedrin gave public instruction on sabbaths and feast-days, so probably while the feast was still going on. The rabbis probably sat on benches in a circle. The listeners on the ground, among whom was Jesus the boy in a rapture of interest.Both hearing them and asking them questions (και ακουοντα αυτων και επερωτωντα αυτους kai akouonta autōn kai eperōtōnta autous). Paul sat at the feet of Gamaliel (Acts 22:3). Picture this eager boy alive with interest. It was his one opportunity in a theological school outside of the synagogue to hear the great rabbis expound the problems of life. This was the most unusual of all children, to be sure, in intellectual grasp and power. But it is a mistake to think that children of twelve do not think profoundly concerning the issues of life. What father or mother has ever been able to answer a child‘s questions? [source]
Paul sat at the feet of Gamaliel (Acts 22:3). Picture this eager boy alive with interest. It was his one opportunity in a theological school outside of the synagogue to hear the great rabbis expound the problems of life. This was the most unusual of all children, to be sure, in intellectual grasp and power. But it is a mistake to think that children of twelve do not think profoundly concerning the issues of life. What father or mother has ever been able to answer a child‘s questions? [source]
From the time of separation. [source]
“We read in the Talmud that the members of the Temple-Sanhedrin, who, on ordinary days, sat as a court of appeal from the close of the morning to the time of the evening sacrifice, were wont, upon Sabbaths and feast-days, to come out upon the terrace of the temple, and there to teach. In such popular instruction the utmost latitude of questioning would be given. It is in this audience, which sat upon the ground, surrounding and mingling with the doctors, and hence during, not after, the feast, that we must seek the child Jesus” (Edersheim, “Life and Times,” etc., 1:247). From this, Edersheim argues that the parents set out for home before the close of the feast. [source]
Not occupying a teacher's place, but sitting in the circle among the doctors and their hearers. See above. Compare Acts 22:3. [source]