Luke 2:42
And when He was twelve years old they went up as was customary at the time of the Feast, and,
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
41Now His parents used to go up year by year to Jerusalem at the Feast of the Passover.
Cross References
John 4:45When however He reached Galilee, the Galilaeans welcomed Him eagerly, having been eye-witnesses of all that He had done in Jerusalem at the Festival; for they also had been 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 →