"Son, why hast Thou thus dealt with us? Behold, Thy father and I have sought Thee sorrowing." "How is it that ye sought Me?" Jesus answered. "Wist ye not that I must be about My Father's business?" Luke 2:48, 49. As He spoke these words, Jesus pointed upward. On His face was a light at which they wondered. Jesus knew that He was the Son of God, and He had been doing the work for which His Father had sent Him into the world.

"Barn!" sagde hun "hvorfor gjorde du således imod os? Se, din fader og jeg har ledt efter dig med smerte". "Hvorfor ledte I efter mig?" spurgte han. "Vidste I ikke, at jeg bør være i min Faders gerning?" Luk. 2,48-49 (ældre oversættelse). Idet Jesus sagde dette, pegede han opad. Hans ansigt strålede af et lys, som forundrede dem. Jesus vidste, at han var Guds Søn, og han havde været i den gerning, hvortil Faderen havde sendt ham til verden.