02_Feník Lapko_498-524_498-524 14/12/15 11:45 Pagina 519 519 ANNUNCIATIONS TO MARY IN LUKE 1–2 519 point of what follows is this: the episode recorded in 2,41-52 contains demonstrable elements bespeaking the fact that another character — in this instance paradoxically the boy Jesus himself — delivers a fresh piece of information to his mother concerning himself, one not divulged to her in the preceding annunciations. When he speaks for the first time, Jesus addresses his parents/mother and makes a reve- lation about himself. This observation should suffice to signal Jesus’ inclusion among characters who function as announcers to Mary. A further annunciation to Mary is embedded within 2,48b-50. Some plausibly argue that the episode peaks in this textual unit in general 38 and in Jesus’ proclamation to his mother in 2,49 in par- ticular 39. The dialogue between the mother and the son begins in 2,48 with Mary’s address to Jesus as the first discursive step. The second part of the dialogue is Jesus’ response in 2,49 composed of two questions. The evangelist first highlights Mary as the one speaking to her son upon discovering him in the temple. Her state- ment includes a questioning of the boy’s conduct (ti, evpoi,hsaj h`mi/n ou[twjÈ) and an announcement of their diligent search for him (ivdou. o` path,r sou kavgw. ovdunw,menoi evzhtou/me,n se). The familial bond between the boy and the couple designated as path,r sou kavgw, lies behind the rhetoric of the sentence that announces to Jesus the search for him conducted previously. The ensuing verse (2,49) preserves the wording of Jesus’ answer. Here the reason for including the pericope among annunciation scenes emerges with sufficient clarity. The coordination of a ver- bum dicendi with Jesus as the subject (ei=pen) and a reference to the parents (pro.j auvtou,j) betokens the act of annunciation. Jesus speaks to his parents — and the content of his reply indicates that he is making a revelation about himself. His statement is composed 38 ECKEY, Das Lukasevangelium, 66, proposes: “Höhepunkt dieser Ge- schichte ist der Wortwechsel zwischen der Mutter und dem ihr in seinem Ver- halten und Redden unbegreiflichen Gottessohn (2,48-50)”. Similarly, B. HEININGER, “Familienkonflikte: Der zwölfjährige Jesus im Tempel (Lk 2,41-52)”, “Licht zur Erleuchtung der Heiden und Herrlichkeit für dein Volk Israel”. Studien zum lukanischen Doppelwerk (ed. C.G. MÜLLER) (BBB 151; Ham- burg 2005) 49-72, here 64; KLEIN, Das Lukasevangelium, 152; ROSSÉ, Il Van- gelo di Luca, 108. 39 Among others, KAUT, Befreier und befreites Volk, 160, opines that the text “erweist sich in seiner Form als völlig auf das pointierte Wort im Munde Jesu V 49 konzentriert”.