Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
But they did not understand what He meant when He said that to them.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
Holman Bible
But they did not understand what He said to them.
International Standard Version
But they did not understand what he told them.
A Conservative Version
And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them.
American Standard Version
And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
Amplified
But they did not understand what He had said to them.
Anderson New Testament
And they did not understand the words which he spoke to them.
Bible in Basic English
And his words seemed strange to them.
Common New Testament
But they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but they did not comprehend the meaning of that expression.
Darby Translation
And they understood not the thing that he said to them.
Godbey New Testament
And they did not understand the word which He spoke unto them.
Goodspeed New Testament
But they did not understand what he told them.
John Wesley New Testament
And they understood not the saying which he spake to them.
Julia Smith Translation
And they understood not the word which he spake to them.
King James 2000
And they understood not the saying which he spoke unto them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they did not understand the statement that he spoke to them.
Modern King James verseion
And they did not understand the word which He spoke to them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they understood not the saying that he spake to them.
Moffatt New Testament
But they did not understand what he said.
Montgomery New Testament
But they did not understand the words that he spoke to them.
NET Bible
Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.
New Heart English Bible
They did not understand the saying which he spoke to them.
Noyes New Testament
And they understood not what he spoke to them.
Sawyer New Testament
And they understood not the word which he spoke to them.
The Emphasized Bible
And, they, understood not the thing which he spake to them.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And they understood not the meaning of what he spake to them.
Twentieth Century New Testament
His parents did not understand what he meant.
Webster
And they understood not the saying which he spoke to them.
Weymouth New Testament
But they did not understand the significance of these words.
Williams New Testament
But they did not understand what He said to them.
World English Bible
They didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them.
Worsley New Testament
but they did not understand the word which He spake to them.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they did not understand the saying that he spake to them,
Themes
Jesus Christ » History of » Discussions with the religious experts in the temple area (in jerusalem)
Joseph » Husband of mary » Attends the annual feast at jerusalem with his family
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 36 Translations in Luke 2:50
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus In The Temple At Twelve Years Old
49 And He replied to them, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I had to be in my Father's house [i.e., the Temple]?" 50 But they did not understand what He meant when He said that to them. 51 So, Jesus went down to Nazareth with them and [continued] to obey them. And His mother kept all these things [stored up] in her heart.
Names
Cross References
Luke 18:34
But His disciples did not understand [what He meant by] any of these things, for this message was hidden from them so they did not comprehend what He was saying.
Mark 9:32
But His disciples did not understand what He meant and were afraid to ask Him.
Luke 9:45
But they did not understand what He was talking about, for it was hidden from them, so that they would not understand its meaning. And they were afraid to ask Him about what He had said.