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Luke 2:50

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2:50Yet159 his parents160 did not understand161 the remark162 he made163 to them.

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Footnotes

  1. 159 Grk “And they.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast.
  2. 160 Grk “they”; the referent (his parents) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. 161 This was the first of many times those around Jesus did not understand what he was saying at the time (9:45; 10:21–24; 18:34).
  4. 162 Or “the matter.”
  5. 163 Grk “which he spoke.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But they did not understand what he was saying to them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But they did not understand what he said to them.

NLTNew Living Translation

But they didn’t understand what he meant.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And they did not understand the statement that he spoke to them.

KJV 1900King James Version

And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.