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Jesus as a child in the Temple

AD 9 traditional (Jones)

Passage
Luke 2:41-50
Place
Jerusalem
Before
Childhood of Jesus
After
John the Baptist Begins Ministry

Participants

Divine

Places

Where it happens. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Jerusalem

Every verse

All 10 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Luke10 verses
  1. 2:41

    Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.

  2. 2:42

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

  3. 2:43

    When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.

  4. 2:44

    Assuming He was in their company, they traveled on for a day before they began to look for Him among their relatives and friends.

  5. 2:45

    When they could not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him.

  6. 2:46

    Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

  7. 2:47

    And all who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.

  8. 2:48

    When His parents saw Him, they were astonished. “Child, why have You done this to us?” His mother asked. “Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You.”

  9. 2:49

    “Why were you looking for Me?” He asked. “Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

  10. 2:50

    But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.