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Originally Posted by Ohio
Pretty pathetic for a "believer" to accuse the Lord of this.
Actually it was the parents who left Him behind in Jerusalem during the feast, assuming someone else was with Him.
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As the story reads, he dishonored his parents in at least three ways:
1) He stayed behind when the caravan left (on purpose, if he indeed had business to take care of)
2) He left them hanging for three days, with no attempt to make contact.
3) And he snapped at them when he was caught.
My solution to the problem? It did not happen, at least not as told. So I am not "accusing" our Lord of anything.
The author is trying to establish Jesus' foreknowledge of his role before his baptism. And perhaps he had another purpose. Parts of the story may indeed be true. Any eyewitnesses to Jesus' childhood would surely recall this traumatic incident. And claims of sinlessness from birth would be challenged.
So "Luke" attempts to show that Jesus did not sin, by inferring a higher priority, that of doing his Father's business.
The following verse is very telling:
"and He continued in subjection to them; " (Luk 2:51 NAS)
The problem was, he was not in subjection to them.
There is another story about Jesus' youth in which he killed a childhood friend. Could this one be based in part on truth?