Luke 2:42

When he was twelve years old, they again went up at the customary time for 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

41His parents went every year to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover.

43After they had stayed the full number of days for the feast, they began to return home. But the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem and his parents did not know it.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:17All your males must appear before the Lord Yahweh three times every year.

John 4:45When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all the things that he had done in Jerusalem at the festival, for they had also gone to the festival.

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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