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 His parents had completed everything in accordance with the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city of Nazareth. 40Now the Child continued to grow and to become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the favor of God was upon Him. His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42And when He was twelve years old, they went up there according to the custom of the feast; 43and as they were returning, after spending the full number of days required, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware of it.

Luke 2:41 word by word

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

• His parentsγονεύςgoneus · parentG1118
• wentπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• to JerusalemἹερουσαλήμHierousalēm · JerusalemG2419
• everyκατάkata · according toG2596
• yearἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• the Feastἑορτήheortē · festivalG1859
• of the Passoverπάσχαpascha · Passover lambG3957

Cross-references for Luke 2:41

• Exodus 23:14“Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me.
• Exodus 34:23Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
• Deuteronomy 12:5But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and you shall come there.
• Deuteronomy 16:1“Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
• 1 Samuel 1:3Now this man would go up from his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the Lord there.
• Exodus 12:14‘Now this day shall be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance.
• Leviticus 23:5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover.
• Numbers 28:16‘The Lord’s Passover shall be on the fourteenth day of the first month.
• John 2:13The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
• John 6:4Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.
• John 11:55Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country prior to the Passover, in order to purify themselves.
• John 13:1Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come that He would depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to 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