Luke 2:41

Luke 2:41 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
• New International Version (NIV)Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.
• New King James Version (NKJV)His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.

Context of Luke 2:41

39And when they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. 40And the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. And his parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover. 42And when he was twelve years old, they went up after the custom of the feast; 43and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not;

Luke 2:41 word by word

Καὶ ἐπορεύοντο οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ κατ᾽ ἔτος εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ τῇ ἑορτῇ τοῦ πάσχα.¶Read the interlinear

• parentsγονεύςgoneus · parentG1118
• wentπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• yearἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• JerusalemἹερουσαλήμHierousalēm · JerusalemG2419
• feastἑορτήheortē · festivalG1859
• passoverπάσχαpascha · Passover lambG3957

Cross-references for Luke 2:41

• Exodus 23:14Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
• Exodus 34:23Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel.
• Deuteronomy 12:5But unto the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;
• Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto Jehovah thy God; for in the month of Abib Jehovah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
• 1 Samuel 1:3And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Jehovah, were there.
• Exodus 12:14And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to Jehovah: throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
• Leviticus 23:5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, is Jehovah’s passover.
• Numbers 28:16And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Jehovah’s passover.
• John 2:13And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
• John 6:4Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
• John 11:55Now the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.
• John 13:1Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

Commentaries on Luke 2:41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 41His parents went - every year - This was their constant custom, because positively enjoined by the law, Exodus 23:17. But it does not appear that infants were obliged to be present; and yet all the men-children are positively ordered to make their appearance at Jerusalem thrice in the year, Exodus 34:23. And our Lord, being now twelve years old, Luke 2:42, accompanies his parents to the feast. Probably this was the very age at which the male children were…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-52Verses 41-52 It is for the honour of Christ that children should attend on public worship. His parents did not return till they had stayed all the seven days of the feast. It is well to stay to the end of an ordinance, as becomes those who say, It is good to be here. Those that have lost their comforts in Christ, and the evidences of their having a part in him, must bethink themselves where, and when, and how they lost them, and must turn back again…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 41The Jewish Passover feast celebrates God's deliverance of Israel from slavery in Egypt. It was one of three major annual feasts required for Jewish men to attend (Exodus 23:14–17; Deuteronomy 16:16). The family of Jesus faithfully followed God’s law and practiced their faith.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 2:41

• Feasts
• Jerusalem
• Jesus, the Christ
• Passover

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Commentaries on Luke 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings