Luke 2:42 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 2:42

And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when he was twelve years old, they went up after the custom of the feast;

KJV

And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Twelve years old - All males among the Hebrews were required to appear three times a year before God, to attend on the ordinances of religion in the temple, and it is probable that this was the age at which they first went up to Jerusalem, Exo 23:14-17; Deu 16:16. To Jerusalem - Where the feasts of the Jews were all held. This was a journey from Nazareth of about 70 miles. After the custom of the feast - According to the usual manner of the feast.

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J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

These verses should always be deeply interesting to a reader of the Bible. They record the only facts which we know about our Lord Jesus Christ during the first thirty years of His life on earth, after His infancy. How many things a Christian would like to know about the events of those thirty years, and the daily history of the house at Nazareth! But we need not doubt that there is wisdom in the silence of Scripture on the subject. If it had been good for us to know more — then more would have been revealed.

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Hebraic traditional view

Why a boy from Galilee was in Jerusalem

The Law asked every Israelite male to appear in Jerusalem three times a year, Passover chief among them (Deuteronomy 16:16). Galilean families like Joseph's traveled in large caravans of relatives and neighbors: several days on the road each way. That is why Jesus' parents could travel a full day assuming He was “in the company”: a caravan was a moving village. The Mishnah's tractate on the festival visit opens with exactly who was obligated to make this trip (Chagigah 1:1): men were bound, women and children came freely, and Mary came.

Sources: Deuteronomy 16:16 (the pilgrimage command) · Mishnah Chagigah 1:1 (who must appear)

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
ὅτε	hote	when	G3753 →
ἐγένετο	egeneto	He was	G1096 →
ἐτῶν	etōn	years [old]	G2094 →
δώδεκα	dōdeka	twelve	G1427 →
ἀναβαινόντων	anabainontōn	when were going up	G305 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	they	G846 →
κατὰ	kata	according to	G2596 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ἔθος	ethos	custom	G1485 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
ἑορτῆς	he'ortēs	Feast	G1859 →