Luke

Luke 2:49

⁴⁹“Why were you looking for Me?” He asked. “Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house^h?”

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	Τί	Ti	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G5101 who, which, what
were you looking for	ἐζητεῖτέ	ezēteite	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G2212 I seek, search for, desire
Me	με	me	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
He asked	εἶπεν	eipen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
Did you not know	ᾔδειτε	ēdeite	Verb - Pluperfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G1492 I know, remember
that	ὅτι	hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
I	με	me	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
had	δεῖ	dei	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1163 it is necessary, inevitable
to be	εἶναί	einai	Verb - Present Infinitive Active	G1510 I am, exist
in	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
My	μου	mou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
Father’s	Πατρός	Patros	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3962 father, Father, ancestor

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.