ἡμέρας τρεῖς, three days, measured from the time they had last seen Him, not implying three days' search in Jerusalem. The place where they had lodged and the temple would be among the first places visited in the search. ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ : probably in a chamber in the temple court used for teaching and kindred purposes. Some think it was in a synagogue beside the temple.

Luke 2:46. καθεζόμενον, sitting; therefore, it has been inferred, as a teacher, not as a scholar, among (ἐν μέσῳ) the doctors, for scholars stood, teachers only sitting. An unwelcome conclusion, to which, happily, we are not shut up by the evidence, the posture-rule on which it rests being more than doubtful (vide Vitringa, Synag., p. 167). ἐπερωτῶντα : nothing unusual, and nothing unbecoming a thoughtful boy.

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