But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.
We have here the only passage of story recorded concerning our blessed Saviour, from his infancy to the day of his showing to Israel at twenty-nine years old, and therefore we are concerned to make much of this, for it is in vain to wish we had more. Here is, I. Christ's going up with his parents to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover, Luk 2:41, Luk 2:42. 1.
Commenting on Luke 2:41-52
And he went down with them,.... From the temple, and from Jerusalem, which were on high ground: and came to Nazareth; where he, and his parents, had lived ever since their return from Egypt: and was subject unto them; for though he thought fit to let them know, or, at least, put them in mind, that he had a Father in heaven, whose business he...
Verse 50. They understood not, &c. 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 men, or if they did, they understood it in a very imperfect manner.