Luke 2:41

And his parents used to journey yearly into Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.

In Context

40And, the child, went on growing, and waxing strong, becoming filled with wisdom; and, the favour of God, was upon it.

42And, when he became twelve years, and they went up, according to the custom of the feast,

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Cross References

Exodus 12:14So shall this day serve you for a memorial, and ye shall celebrate it, as a festival to Yahweh,—to your generations—as an age-abiding statute, shall ye celebrate it.

Exodus 34:23three times in the year, shall every one of thy males see the face of the Lord Yahweh the God of Israel.

Numbers 28:16And, on the first month on the fourteenth day of the month, shall be a passover unto Yahweh;

Deuteronomy 12:11then shall it be, that unto the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to make a habitation for his name there, thither, shall ye bring in all that I am commanding you,—your ascending-offerings and your sacrifices your tithes and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your chosen vow-offerings which ye shall vow unto Yahweh.

Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of Abib, when thou shalt keep a passover unto Yahweh thy God,—for in the month of Abib, did Yahweh thy God bring thee forth out of Egypt by night:

1 Samuel 1:3So then that man went up, out of his city, from time to time, to worship and to sacrifice unto Yahweh of hosts, in Shiloh,—and, there, were the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Yahweh.

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:26-41

Christ and Simeon in the Temple; Anna in the Temple. 25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. 26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, 28 Then took he him up in his… Read the whole commentary →

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