Luke 2:50

Green's Literal Translation

And they did not understand the word which He spoke 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.

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

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.

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

⁴¹ And His parents went into Jerusalem year by year at the Feast of the Passover. ⁴² And when He was twelve years old , they, going up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the Feast, ⁴³ and fulfilling the days, in their returning, the boy Jesus stayed in Jerusalem. And Joseph and His mother did not know. ⁴⁴ But supposing Him to be in the company, they went a day on the way. And they looked for Him among the relatives and friends. ⁴⁵ And not finding Him, they returned to Jerusalem, looking for Him. ⁴⁶ And it happened after three days they found Him in the temple sitting in the midst of the teachers, even hearing them and questioning them. ⁴⁷ And all those hearing Him were amazed at His intelligence and His answers. ⁴⁸ And seeing Him, they were astounded. And His mother said to Him, Child, why did You do so to us? Behold, Your father and I were looking for You, greatly distressed. ⁴⁹ And He said to them, Why did you look for me? Did you not know that I must be busy in the affairs of My Father? ⁵⁰ And they did not understand the word which He spoke to them.

Bible Verse Review
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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.