Luke 2:42

And when he was twelve years old, they went up to the feast, as they were accustomed.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

41And his people went up to Jerusalem every year, at the feast of the passover.

43And when the days were completed, they returned: but the child Jesus remained at Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother knew not of it;

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Cross References

John 4:45And when he came to Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the signs which he wrought in Jerusalem at the feast, for they too had gone 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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