His parents didn’t know what to think.“ Son,” his mother said to him,“ why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been frantic, searching for you everywhere.”
I and the children the Lord has given me serve as signs and warnings to Israel from the Lord of Heaven’s Armies who dwells in his Temple on Mount Zion.
Awe fell upon the whole neighborhood, and the news of what had happened spread throughout the Judean hills.Everyone who heard about it reflected on these events and asked,“ What will this child turn out to be?” For the hand of the Lord was surely upon him in a special way.