Luke 2:42

And when hee was twelue yeere olde, and they were come vp to Hierusalem, after the custome of the feast,

Geneva Bible 1599

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

41Nowe his parents went to Hierusalem euery yeere, at the feast of the Passeouer.

43And had finished the dayes thereof, as they returned, the childe Iesus remained in Hierusalem, and Ioseph knew not, nor his mother,

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Cross References

Exodus 23:17These three times in the yeere shall all thy men children appeare before the Lord Iehouah.

John 4:45Then when he was come into Galile, the Galileans receiued him, which had seene all the things that he did at Hierusalem at the feast: for they went also vnto 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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