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 performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. 40And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. 42And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. 43And 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 .

Luke 2:41 word by word

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

• Nowκαίkai · andG2532
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• parentsγονεύςgoneus · parentG1118
• wentπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• JerusalemἹερουσαλήμHierousalēm · JerusalemG2419
• everyκατάkata · according toG2596
• yearἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• feastἑορτήheortē · festivalG1859
• passoverπάσχαpascha · Passover lambG3957

Cross-references for Luke 2:41

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