Luke 2:46-47

In the temple. Probably in one of the porches of the court of the women, where the schools of the rabbis were held, and the law regularly expounded.

In the midst of the teachers. The learned rabbis. Some of the greatest doctors of Jewish history lived about this period--Hillel, Rabbi Simeon and Gamaliel.

Asking them questions. It was the custom in Jewish rabbinical schools for scholars to ask questions.
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