Wist Ye Not

"Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?" (Luke 2.40, KJV) says Christ to his parents after they were searching for him during three long days in Jerusalem. It is an extraordinary statement and one that confounds his parents. Indeed, they do not understand what he meant for a very long time, although they do remember the encounter.

We don't know exactly what Christ knew at the age of twelve—everything, some things? We do understand from this incident that he knew enough to confound the intellectuals with his questions, and to know that God was his father and that he must be at his father's business. Deep waters here.

NAC: "After over a decade of normalcy the supernatural nature of their son and his destiny broke in on them again."