Text -- Luke 2:48 (NET)

2:48 When his parents saw him, they were overwhelmed. His mother said to him, “Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 2:48

¹ tn Grk “And when.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn Grk “when they”; the referent (his parents) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Grk “And his.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁴ tn The Greek word here is τέκνον (teknon) rather than υἱός (Juios, “son”).

⁵ tn Or “Child, why did you do this to us?”

⁶ tn Or “your father and I have been terribly worried looking for you.”