Luke 2:42

And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.

In Context

41And his parents went up every year to Jerusalem, at the feast of passover.

43And when they had kept the full number of days, and had set out to return, the child Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew it not.

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Cross References

John 4:45Therefore, when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, because they had seen all things that he had done in Jerusalem during the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast.

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:42-52

Christ Sitting with the Doctors. 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45 And when they found him not,… Read the whole commentary →

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