Luke 2:43

When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

42And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast.

44Assuming He was in their company, they traveled on for a day before they began to look for Him among their relatives and friends.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:17Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.

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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