Luke 2:42

And when he was twelve years old, they went up, as their way was, to the feast;

Bible in Basic English

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 every year his father and mother went to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.

43And when the days of the feast came to an end and they were going back, the boy Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had no knowledge of it:

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Cross References

Exodus 23:17Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord God.

John 4:45So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans took him to their hearts because of the things which they had seen him do in Jerusalem at the feast--they themselves having been there at 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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