Luke 2:49 - Did Jesus say "house" or "business"?

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Most English translations of Luke 2:49 have Jesus saying either "I must be in my Father's house", or, "I must be about my Father's business".

When I see differences like this in my English translation of the bible, the first question that comes to my mind is, "....well, which one is it? House? Or business?" While of course, neither translation choice changes the meaning in this case, it's still a valid and important question to ask.

This video uses the NIV and NKJV to represent different English translations, and then show - from the Greek - where the translations are taking their cues from.

00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Introducing the scene
01:24 - Reading the verse
02:46 - And he said to them
09:00 - Why were you searching for me
12:38 - Didn't you know that...

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