Luke 2:42
And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
Luke 2:42 in other translations
| BSB | And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast. |
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| WEB | When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast; |
| ASV | And when he was twelve years old, they went up after the custom of the feast; |
| YLT | and when he became twelve years old, they having gone up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast, |
| DARBY | And when he was twelve years old, and they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast |
| BBE | And when he was twelve years old, they went up, as their way was, to the feast; |
| Webster | And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. |
What does Luke 2:42 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
42. went up--"were wont to go." Though males only were required to go up to Jerusalem at the three annual festivals (Ex 23:14-17), devout women, when family duties permitted, went also, as did Hannah (1Sa 1:7), and, as we here see, the mother of Jesus. when twelve years old--At this age every Jewish boy was styled "a son of the law," being put under a course of instruction and trained to fasting and attendance on public worship, besides being set to learn a trade. At this age accordingly our Lord is taken up for the first time to Jerusalem, at the passover season, the chief of the three annual festivals. But oh, with what thoughts and feelings must this Youth have gone up! Long ere He beheld it, He had doubtless "loved the habitation of God's house and the place where His honor dwelt" (Psa 26:8), a love nourished, we may be sure, by that "word hid in His heart," with which in afterlife He showed so perfect a familiarity. As the time for His first visit approached, could one's ear have caught the breathings of His young soul, he might have heard Him whispering, "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem!" (Psa 42:1; 87:2; 122:1, 2). On catching the first view of "the city of their solemnities," and high above all in it, "the place of God's rest," we hear Him saying to Himself, "Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth is Mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King: Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God doth shine" (Psa 48:2; 50:2). Of His feelings or actions during all the eight days of the feast not a word is said. As a devout child, in company with its parents, He would go through the services, keeping His thoughts to Himself. But methinks I hear Him, after the sublime services of that feast, saying to Himself, "He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste" (So 2:3, 4).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Verse 42. 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, Ex 23:14-17; De 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.
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.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · 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…
Luke 2:42 in the original Greek
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Context
- 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.
- Luke 2:43
And 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 2:42 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y cuando fué de doce años, subieron ellos á Jerusalem conforme á la costumbre del día de la fiesta. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et quand il eut douze ans, comme ils étaient montés à Jérusalem, selon la coutume de la fête, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und als er zwölf Jahre alt war und sie nach Jerusalem hinaufgingen, nach der Gewohnheit des Festes, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et cum factus esset annorum duodecim, ascendentibus illis Jerosolymam secundum consuetudinem diei festi, |