Luke 2:42
When Jesus was twelve years old, they went to the festival as they always did.
Free Bible Version
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
41Jesus' parents traveled to Jerusalem every year for the Passover festival.
Cross References
Exodus 23:17Every Israelite male is to come before the Lord God at these three times every year.
John 4:45But when he arrived in Galilee, the people welcomed him, because they had also been at the Passover feast and had seen everything he'd done in Jerusalem.
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 →