Luke 2:41-42

The Boy Jesus in the Temple

41 Now w his parents went x to Jerusalem every year at y the Feast of the Passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, z they went up according to custom.

  1. Cross References
    Luke 2:27
    And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law.
  2. Cross References
    1 Samuel 1:3
    Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 23:15
    You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before me empty-handed.
    Deuteronomy 16:1
    Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
    John 2:13
    The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
  4. Cross References
    John 11:55
    Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.
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