After three days] They spent one day looking for Him in the caravan, one day in the return journey to Jerusalem, and found Him on the third day. Doctors] i.e. scribes or rabbis. Among the famous men who may possibly have been present were the aged Hillel and Shammai, Rabban Simeon, Gamaliel, Annas, Joseph of Arimathæa, Nicodemus, Johanan ben-Zacchai, Caiaphas. It is said (but it is not certain) that there was a synagogue within the Temple enclosure, where members of the Sanhedrin gave public instruction on sabbaths and festivals. Hearing them] not teaching them, as the Apocryphal Gospels say.

Continues after advertising
Continues after advertising