Luke 2:42

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

biblegateway Luk 2:42

When he was twelve years old, they went up to the Feast, according to the custom.

biblegateway Luk 2:42

And when He became twelve, they went up there according to the custom of the Feast;

biblegateway Luk 2:42

When Jesus was twelve years old, they attended the festival as usual.

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When he was twelve years old, they went up as they always did for the Feast.

SABDAweb Luk 2:42

And when he was twelve years old, they went up, as their way was, to the feast;

bibleoremus Luk 2:42

And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival.

biblegateway Luk 2:42

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

biblegateway Luk 2:42

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

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 C^vid Θ Ψ 0130 Ë^1,13 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.