LUKE 2:47 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And all the ones hearing him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

UST All the people who heard what he said were amazed at how much he understood and how well he answered the questions that the teachers asked.

AICNT And all [who heard him][fn] were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

2:47, who heard him: Absent from some manuscripts. B(03) W(032)

OEB All who listened to him marvelled at his intelligence and his answers.

WEBBE All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET And all who heard Jesus were astonished at his understanding and his answers.

LSV and all those hearing Him were astonished at His understanding and answers.

FBV All who heard him speak were surprised by his understanding and his answers.

TCNT And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

T4T Everyone who heard what he said was amazed at how much he understood and how well he answered the questions that the teachers asked.

LEB And all who heard him were amazed at his insight and his[fn] answers.

2:47 *This is an understood repetition of “his” due to English style

BBE And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at his knowledge and the answers which he gave.

Moff till all his hearers were amazed at the intelligence of his own answers.

Wymth while all who heard Him were astonished at His intelligence and at the answers He gave.

ASV and all that heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

DRA And all that heard him were astonished at his wisdom and his answers.

YLT and all those hearing him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

Drby And all who heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

RV and all that heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

SLT And all hearing him were affected in mind at his understanding and answers.

Wbstr And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

KJB-1769 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

KJB-1611 And all that heard him were astonished at his vnderstanding, and answeres.
(And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding, and answeres.)

Bshps And all that hearde hym, were astonied at his vnderstanding & aunsweres.
(And all that heard him, were astonished at his understanding and answeres.)

Gnva And all that heard him, were astonied at his vnderstanding and answeres.
(And all that heard him, were astonished at his understanding and answeres. )

Cvdl And all they that herde him, wodred at his vnderstondynge and answeres.
(And all they that herd/heard him, wodred at his understanding and answeres.)

TNT And all that hearde him mervelled at his wit and answers.
(And all that heard him mervelled at his wit and answers. )

Wycl And alle men that herden hym, wondriden on the prudence and the answeris of hym.
(And all men that heard him, wondered on the prudence and the answeris of him.)

Luth Und alle, die ihm zuhöreten, verwunderten sich seines Verstandes und seiner Antwort.
(And all, the him zuhöreten, surprised itself/yourself/themselves his intellect and his answer.)

ClVg Stupebant autem omnes qui eum audiebant, super prudentia et responsis ejus.
(Stupebant however everyone who/which him they_were_listening, over prudence and responsis his. )

UGNT ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες οἱ ἀκούοντες αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῇ συνέσει καὶ ταῖς ἀποκρίσεσιν αὐτοῦ.
(existanto de pantes hoi akouontes autou epi taʸ sunesei kai tais apokrisesin autou.)

SBL-GNT ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες οἱ ἀκούοντες αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῇ συνέσει καὶ ταῖς ἀποκρίσεσιν αὐτοῦ.
(existanto de pantes hoi akouontes autou epi taʸ sunesei kai tais apokrisesin autou.)

RP-GNT Ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες οἱ ἀκούοντες αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῇ συνέσει καὶ ταῖς ἀποκρίσεσιν αὐτοῦ.
(Existanto de pantes hoi akouontes autou epi taʸ sunesei kai tais apokrisesin autou.)

TC-GNT Ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες οἱ ἀκούοντες αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῇ συνέσει καὶ ταῖς ἀποκρίσεσιν αὐτοῦ.
(Existanto de pantes hoi akouontes autou epi taʸ sunesei kai tais apokrisesin autou. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 2:41–52: The boy Jesus spoke with the teachers

In this section, Joseph and Mary took Jesus to the Feast of the Passover in Jerusalem. This may have been Jesus’ first time to go there for Passover. While Jesus was in Jerusalem, he went to the Temple and discussed religious matters with Jewish religious leaders.

When Joseph and Mary left Jerusalem to return to Nazareth, they traveled with a group of people. They did not realize that Jesus had stayed in Jerusalem and was not traveling with them. This may have happened because of the way Jews normally walked in smaller groups when they traveled together. The women and small children walked ahead since they traveled more slowly. A boy normally traveled with his mother. But when he became a man, perhaps as early as twelve years old, he traveled with his father. So, as they returned from Jerusalem, Mary probably thought that Jesus was with Joseph, and Joseph may have thought that he was with Mary. Joseph and Mary traveled for a whole day before they realized that Jesus was not with them. The events in this section show three things:

Joseph and Mary did not know where Jesus was;
they did not know exactly what he was telling them when they found him;
by the age of twelve (or before), Jesus was aware that he was God’s Son.

Some other possible headings for this section are:

Mary and Joseph Find Jesus With the Teachers in the Temple Courtyard (GW)

Jesus when he was twelve years old

2:47

And all who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.

All those who heard Jesus were amazed at his intelligence and the way he answered the questions of the teachers.
All the people who heard him were astonished at how much he knew/understood and how well he answered the questions that the teachers asked him.

And all who heard Him: The clause all who heard Him indicates that other people gathered around to listen to the conversation between Jesus and the teachers. It was so interesting that people in the temple stopped to listen.

astounded: The Greek word that the BSB translates here as astounded is a very strong word. It means more than just surprised. For example:

his answers stunned everyone who heard him (GW)

all who heard Jesus were astonished (NET)

His understanding: The Greek word that the BSB translates here as understanding can refer to the ability to understand something or to the content of what is understood. Because of this, the word may also be translated as “intelligence” (as in the REB and the NJB).

His answers: The phrase His answers implies that the teachers were also asking Jesus questions. They were amazed because he answered their questions so well.

In some languages, it may be more natural to make this explicit. For example:

the answers he gave (REB)

the way he answered the questions that the teachers asked him

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες οἱ ἀκούοντες αὐτοῦ

˓were˒_marveling (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐξίσταντο Δέ πάντες οἱ ἀκούοντες αὐτοῦ ἐπί τῇ συνέσει καί ταῖς ἀποκρίσεσιν αὐτοῦ)

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state explicitly why they marveled. Alternate translation: [all those who heard him, unable to understand how a twelve-year-old boy with no formal religious education could answer so well, were amazed]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

ἐπὶ τῇ συνέσει καὶ ταῖς ἀποκρίσεσιν αὐτοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐξίσταντο Δέ πάντες οἱ ἀκούοντες αὐτοῦ ἐπί τῇ συνέσει καί ταῖς ἀποκρίσεσιν αὐτοῦ)

Luke may be expressing a single idea by using two words connected with and. The term understanding may tell what characterized Jesus’ answers. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [at his wise answers] or [at the understanding with which he answered]

Parallel LUKE 2:47

Section 2:41–52: The boy Jesus spoke with the teachers

2:47