Luke 2:42
And when he was twelve years old, they going up into Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast,
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 every year to Jerusalem, at the solemn day of the pasch,
Cross References
Exodus 23:17Thrice a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God.
John 4:45And when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things he had done at Jerusalem on the festival day; for they also went to the festival day.
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 →