Luke 2:42

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

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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

41Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.

43When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but Joseph and His mother were unaware He had stayed.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:17Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.

John 4:45Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.

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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