Luke 2:42
When Jesus was twelve years old, they went according to custom to Jerusalem,
Open English Bible (US)
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 the child’s parents used to go to Jerusalem at the Passover Festival.
Cross References
John 4:45When he entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, for they had seen all that he did at Jerusalem during the Festival, at which they also had been present.
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 →