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Luk 2:46. Τρεῖς, three) A mystical number. It was the same number of days that, whilst lying dead, He was regarded by His disciples as lost; ch. Luk 24:21. See Ord. Temp., p. 234.-ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, in the temple) in the outer courts of the temple.-καθεζόμενον ἐν μέσῳ, sitting in the midst) for the sake of dignity, and not in the fashion of one who was learning, or of one who was teaching, but of one holding a conference with others: comp. Luk 2:47.-ἐπερωτῶντα, asking questions) He was proposing the questions, and solving them in His answers: Luk 2:47.