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And all who heard Him were amazed at His understanding and His answers. (NASB) Luke 2:47 Astonishment. In the Greek language the most important part of the sentence is placed first. In verse 47, the Greek places the word “amazed,” or the Greek word EXISTEMI, at the front of the sentence. That means the Holy Spirit wants us to know that the amazement of those who were watching Jesus is the key point of the passage. He wants us to know that they were very amazed. Those who were watching Jesus were greatly amazed to the point of being overwhelmed. A.T. Robertson comments that the Greek word for “astonished” means that Jospeh and Mary were “completely amazed" or "so amazed that their eyes had popped out.”
When they saw Him, they were astonished . . . (NASB) Luke 2:48a Not just the crowds were astonished, but even His own parents. Again the Greek sentence places the word “astonished,” or
EKPLESSO, not at the front this time but near the front of the sentence. Jesus’ parents were astonished
at what they experienced. They had never seen anything like this before from their son. Both the crowds as
well as Joseph and Mary were absolutely, unbelievably amazed.
Jesus stunned those who were watching because they had never seen a twelve year old boy ask
and answer questions like this young boy was doing. It is one thing to be able to ask difficult questions,
but it is something else to answer them. Jesus stunned everyone! That is why the Holy Spirit includes this
event in Luke’s gospel. Jesus was no ordinary child.
Didn’t You Know? We do not know if Jesus’ parents waited until He
had finished talking with the religious scholars. But at some point they finally asked Him, “Why?”
. . . and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You.” And He said to them, “Why is it that you were looking for Me? . . . ” (NASB) Luke 2:49b |
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