Luke 2:50

Amplified Bible

But they did not understand what He had said to them.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But they did not understand what he said to them.

King James Version (1611)
And they vnderstood not the saying which he spake vnto them.

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

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

New American Standard Bible
And yet they on their part did not understand the statement which He had made to them.

New Century Version
But they did not understand the meaning of what he said.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But they did not understand the statement which He had made to them.

Legacy Standard Bible
But they did not understand the statement which He had spoken to them.

Berean Standard Bible
But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.

Contemporary English Version
But they did not understand what he meant.

Complete Jewish Bible
But they didn't understand what he meant.

Darby Translation
And they understood not the thing that he said to them.

Easy-to-Read Version
But they did not understand the meaning of what he said to them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But they vnderstoode not the word that he spake to them.

George Lamsa Translation
But they could not understand the word which he said to them.

Good News Translation
But they did not understand his answer.

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

Literal Translation
And they did not understand the word which He spoke to them.

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

Bible in Basic English
And his words seemed strange to them.

Hebrew Names Version
They didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them.

International Standard Version
But they did not understand what he said to them.Luke 9:45; 18:34;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But they did not comprehend the word that he spake to them.

Murdock Translation
But they did not comprehend the word that he spoke to them.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they vnderstoode not that saying which he spake vnto them.

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

World English Bible
They didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they understood not the saying which he spake to them.

Weymouth's New Testament
But they did not understand the significance of these words.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei vndurstoden not the word, which he spak to hem.

Update Bible Version
And they didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they understood not the saying which he spoke to them.

New English Translation
Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.

New King James Version
But they did not understand the statement which He spoke to them.

New Living Translation
But they didn't understand what he meant.

New Life Bible
They did not understand the things He said to them.

New Revised Standard
But they did not understand what he said to them.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, they, understood not the thing which he spake to them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they understood not the word that he spoke unto them.

Revised Standard Version
And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they vnderstode not ye sayinge that he spake to them.

Young's Literal Translation
and they did not understand the saying that he spake to them,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they vnderstode not the sayenge yt he spake vnto them.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but they did not comprehend the meaning of that expression.

Simplified Cowboy Version
But Joseph and Mary didn't understand what he had asked them.

Contextual Overview

⁴¹Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year for the Passover Feast. ⁴²And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the Feast; ⁴³and as they were returning [to Nazareth], after spending the required number of days [at the Feast], the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem. Now His parents did not know this, ⁴⁴but supposed Him to be in the caravan, and traveled a day's journey; and [then] they began searching [anxiously] for Him among their relatives and acquaintances. ⁴⁵When they did not find Him, they went back to Jerusalem looking for Him [everywhere]. ⁴⁶Three days later they found Him in the [court of the] temple, sitting among the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. ⁴⁷All who heard Him were amazed by His intelligence and His understanding and His answers. ⁴⁸When they saw Him, they were overwhelmed; and His mother said to Him, "Son, why have You treated us like this? Listen, Your father and I have been [greatly distressed and] anxiously looking for You." ⁴⁹And He answered, "Why did you have to look for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father's house?" ⁵⁰But they did not understand what He had said to them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 9:45, Luke 18:34

Reciprocal: Mark 9:10 - they Mark 9:32 - they

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they understood not the saying,.... What he meant by his Father's house, or his Father's business, and the necessity of his being there, and about that:

which he spake unto them; at that time, and as above related.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They understood not ... - It is remarkable that they did not understand Jesus in this, but it shows how slow persons are to believe. Even his parents, after all that had taken place, did not seem to comprehend that “he” was to be the Saviour of people, or if they did, they understood it in a very imperfect manner.