Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageThree days later they found Him in the temple courts—seated among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GAfter three days they found Him in the Temple, seated among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
KJV
King James VersionAnd 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.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleFinally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
Footnotes
Kathezomenon en mesō tōn didaskalōn—'seated in the midst of the teachers'—is a culturally loaded posture. In rabbinic practice, sitting before a teacher was the position of a disciple; sitting among (en mesō) teachers as a twelve-year-old and asking searching questions (eperōtaō) signals participatory engagement beyond normal discipleship. The teachers' astonishment (existanto) indicates that something surpassing ordinary prodigious learning was occurring. The three-day search before discovery also carries a faint typological shadow that readers of the resurrection narrative will register.
