“And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.”
After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions — the temple courts are the natural place for the Passover week's teaching exchanges. Sitting among the teachers (en mesō tōn didaskalōn) in the posture of a student. Listening and asking questions: the two activities of genuine learning — attentive reception and active inquiry. The twelve-year-old is not lecturing the teachers but engaging with them in the question-and-answer method of rabbinic exchange.
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