Neville Goddard on Luke 2:46-47 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 2 in context

Scripture Focus

46And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

47And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

Luke 2:46-47

Biblical Context

After three days, Jesus is found in the temple, sitting among the doctors, listening and asking questions. Those who hear him are astonished by his understanding and answers.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner teaching of Luke 2:46-47, the temple is your own consciousness. After three days you are found seated amid the doctors of your mind—the faculties of perception, memory, and discernment—listening intently and posing questions that awaken their function. The doctors are ready to enlighten when your attention is calm and your I AM presence chooses to speak through them. And the doctors you hear are astonished not by outward authority but by the clarity with which your inner questions reveal their own answers. The child who speaks is the I AM realizing itself, speaking through the conscious mind as a seamless dialogue. This is not history but the perpetual drama of awareness awakening to its sovereignty, holiness, and truth. Practice this inward temple: dwell in stillness, let your inner doctors hear and answer, and trust the sudden astonishment as your own recognition of divine wisdom flowing through you.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and imagine you are in the temple of your mind, listening to the inner doctors and asking one simple, reverent question. Then revise any sense of separation by affirming I AM, and this wisdom is mine, until you feel it real.