Luke 2:42

and when He became twelve years old, they having gone up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the celebration,

Literal Standard 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

41And His parents were going yearly to Jerusalem, at the Celebration of the Passover,

43and having finished the days, in their returning the child Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and Joseph and His mother did not know,

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Cross References

Exodus 23:17Three times in a year all your males appear before [the] face of the Lord YHWH.

John 4:45when then, He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all things that He did in Jerusalem in the celebration—for they also went to the celebration.

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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