Luke 2:42

When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast;

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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 at the feast of the Passover.

43and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn’t know it,

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Cross References

Exodus 23:17Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD.

John 4:45So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.

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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