Luke 2:42

2:42 When 1  he was twelve years old, 2  they went up 3  according to custom.

Luke 1:9

1:9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, 4  to enter 5  the holy place 6  of the Lord and burn incense.

Luke 22:39

On the Mount of Olives

22:39 Then 7  Jesus 8  went out and made his way, 9  as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, 10  and the disciples followed him.

1 tn Grk “And when.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

2 sn According to the Mishnah, the age of twelve years old is one year before a boy becomes responsible for his religious commitments (m. Niddah 5.6).

3 tc Most mss, especially later ones (A Cvid Θ Ψ 0130 Ë1,13 33 Ï lat) have εἰς ῾Ιεροσόλυμα (eij" &ierosoluma, “to Jerusalem”) here, but the ms support for the omission is much stronger (א B D L W 579 1241 pc co); further, the longer reading clarifies what they went up to and thus looks like a motivated reading.

4 tn Grk “according to the custom of the priesthood it fell to him by lot.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged in the translation to make it clear that the prepositional phrase κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἱερατείας (kata to eqo" th" Jierateia", “according to the custom of the priesthood”) modifies the phrase “it fell to him by lot” rather than the preceding clause.

5 tn This is an aorist participle and is temporally related to the offering of incense, not to when the lot fell.

6 tn Or “temple.” Such sacrifices, which included the burning of incense, would have occurred in the holy place according to the Mishnah (m. Tamid 1.2; 3.1; 5-7). A priest would have given this sacrifice, which was offered for the nation, once in one’s career. It would be offered either at 9 a.m. or 3 p.m., since it was made twice a day.

7 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

8 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

9 tn Grk “went.”

10 sn See the note on the Mount of Olives in Luke 19:29.