Luke 2:48 Douay-Rheims

And seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him: Son, why hast thou done so to us? behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.

Greek Expositor (anonymous)

Patristic

(ubi sup.) But the ever-wonderful mother of God, moved by a mother’s feelings, as it were with weeping makes her mournful enquiry, in every thing like a mother, with confidence, humility, and affection. As it follows, And his mother said unto him, Son, what hast thou done?

Source details
as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 2:42-50

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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