Luke 2 · Verse 41

Luke 2:41

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
Luke 2:41, King James Version

Luke 2:41 in other translations

BSBEvery year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
WEBHis parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.
ASVAnd his parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.
YLTAnd his parents were going yearly to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover,
DARBYAnd his parents went yearly to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.
BBEAnd every year his father and mother went to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.
WebsterNow his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.

What does Luke 2:41 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 41. No entry from BARNES for this verse.

(x) "every year at the feast of the passover" Ex 23:15, De 16:1

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 41 His parents went - every year - This was their constant custom, because positively enjoined by the law, Exo 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, Exo 34:23. And our Lord, being now twelve years old, Luk 2:42, accompanies his parents to the feast. Probably this was the very age at which the male children were obliged to appear before the Lord at the three public festivals - the feast of unleavened bread, of weeks, and of tabernacles. According to the Jewish canons, it was the age at which they were obliged to begin to learn a trade.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 2:41-52
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. Those that would recover their lost acquaintance with Christ, must go to the place in which he has put his name; there they may hope to meet him. They found him in some part of the temple, where the doctors of the law kept their schools; he was sitting there, hearkening to their instructions, proposing questions, and answering inquiries, with such wisdom, that those who heard were delighted with him. Young persons should seek the knowledge of Divine truth, attend the ministry of the gospel, and ask such questions of their elders and teachers as may tend to increase their knowledge. Those who seek Christ in sorrow, shall find him with the greater joy. Know ye not that I ought to be in my Father's house; at my Father's work; I must be about my Father's business. Herein is an example; for it becomes the children of God, in conformity to Christ, to attend their heavenly Father's business, and make all other concerns give way to it. Though he was the Son of God, yet he was subject to his earthly parents; how then will the foolish and weak sons of men answer it, who are disobedient to their parents? However we may neglect men's sayings, because they are obscure, yet we must not think so of God's sayings. That which at first is dark, may afterwards become plain and easy. The greatest and wisest, those most eminent, may learn of this admirable and Divine Child, that it is the truest greatness of soul to know our own place and office; to deny ourselves amusements and pleasures not consistent with our state and calling.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Luke 2:41 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532
ἐπορεύοντοeporeuontowere goingG4198
οἱhoitheG3588
γονεῖςgoneisparentsG1118
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846
κατ᾽kat᾽everyG2596
ἔτοςetosyearG2094
εἰςeistoG1519
ἸερουσαλὴμIerousalēmJerusalemG2419
τῇtēaat theG3588
ἑορτῇhe'ortēafeastG1859
τοῦtouof theG3588
πάσχα.¶paschaPassover.G3957

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 2:41

  • Numbers 28:16

    And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the Lord.

  • Leviticus 23:5

    In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord’s passover.

  • Exodus 23:14-17

    Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God.

  • Deuteronomy 16:1-8

    Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there. Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. …

  • Exodus 12:14

    And this day shall be unto 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.

  • Exodus 34:23

    Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

  • Deuteronomy 12:18

    But thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

  • Deuteronomy 16:16

    Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty:

  • John 13:1

    Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

  • John 6:4

    And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

  • 1 Samuel 1:21

    And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

  • Deuteronomy 12:11

    Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 4012. A.D. 8. went.
Ex 23:14-17; 34:23; De 12:5-7,11,18; 16:1-8,16; 1Sa 1:3,21
the.
Ex 12:14; Le 23:5; Nu 28:16; Joh 2:13; 6:4; 11:55; 13:1

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Context

  • Luke 2:40

    And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

  • Luke 2:41

    Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.

  • Luke 2:42

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

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Luke 2:41 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		E iban sus padres todos los años á Jerusalem en la fiesta de la Pascua.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ses parents allaient chaque année à Jérusalem, à la fête de Pâque.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und seine Eltern gingen alljährlich am Passahfest nach Jerusalem.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ibant parentes ejus per omnes annos in Jerusalem, in die solemni Paschæ.