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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:41-52

The visit of Jesus to Jerusalem when a Boy. We now proceed to the solitary circumstance in the Child-life of Jesus which is given in the Gospels. He had been growing for twelve years in strength and in spirit, and the Lord loved him. The Child in Nazareth redeemed in God's eyes all the world. It was the one absorbing interest in the Divine outlook upon our race. And now he is taken by his pious parents to the Passover Feast in Jerusalem. It is his second visit to the temple; this time he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:43

And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the Child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem . The feast lasted seven days. Now, a boy in the East, twelve years old, is usually far more advanced than is ever the case in our Northern nations, where development is much slower. We may well suppose that the Boy was left much to himself during these days of the feast. It requires no stress of imagination to picture him absorbed in the temple and all that was to be seen and learned there.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:43

Had fulfilled the days - The days of the Passover. These were eight days in all - one day for killing the paschal lamb, and seven days for the observance of the feast of unleavened bread, Exodus 12:15; Leviticus 23:5-6. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:44

Supposing him to have been in the company - It may seem very remarkable that parents should not have been more attentive to their only son, and that they should not have been assured of his presence with them when they left Jerusalem; but the difficulty may be explained by the following considerations:In going to these great feasts, families and neighbors would join together, and form a large collection. It is not improbable that Jesus was “with” them when they were about to start from... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:41-47

Luke 2:41-47. Now his parents went to Jerusalem at the passover As it was usual for those families to do that were remarkably religious, though only the adult males were, by the law, obliged to appear before the Lord on that occasion. And when he was twelve years old And so, according to the Jewish maxims, came under the yoke of the law; they went up to Jerusalem, &c. And thought it proper to take him with them, to celebrate that glorious deliverance which God had so many ages... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 2:41-52

13. Jesus twelve years old (Luke 2:41-52)Joseph and Mary, being sincere and faithful Jews, went to Jerusalem for the Passover each year. Jesus, who accompanied them on the occasion recorded here, was twelve years old at the time. At this age Jewish boys were being prepared for entrance into the adult affairs of the synagogue (Luke 2:41-42).In the Jewish form of instruction, teacher and student often took turns at asking and answering questions, many of which were concerned with details of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:43

as they returned = in (Greek. en. App-101 .) their returning. the Child . Now the Greek is pais = the youth as be = coming Jehovah's servant. See App-108 . Joseph and His mother . All the Texts read "His parents". knew not = did not get to know of it. Greek ginosko. App-132 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:44

supposing = surely reckoning. See note on Luke 3:23 . the company: i.e. in the caravan. a day's journey. Probably to Beeroth, about six miles north of Jerusalem. Now Bireh. sought = searched up and down. among. Greek. en. App-101 . and = and among. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:45

seeking = searching (all the way they went). Greek. anaz as in Luke 2:44 . read more

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