Luke 2:41 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 2:41-52

We have here the only passage of story recorded concerning our blessed Saviour, from his infancy to the day of his showing to Israel at twenty-nine years old, and therefore we are concerned to make much of this, for it is in vain to wish we had more. Here is, I. Christ's going up with his parents to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover, Luke 2:41, 42. 1. It was their constant practice to attend there, according to the law, though it was a long journey, and they were poor, and perhaps not... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 2:41-52

2:41-52 Every year his parents used to go to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years of age, they went up according to the custom of the feast, and when they had completed the days of the feast and returned home, the child Jesus stayed on in Jerusalem. His parents were not aware of this. They thought he was in the caravan and when they had gone a day's journey they looked for him amongst their kinsfolk and acquaintances. When they did not find him they turned back to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 2:41

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year ,.... Joseph was obliged to go three times a year, as were all the males in Israel, at the feasts of the passover, pentecost, and tabernacles, Deuteronomy 16:16 . The first of these is expressed here, at the feast of the passover; but the women were not obliged to go up: for so it is said by the Jews F16 T. Hieros. Kiddushin, fol. 61. 3. , פסחן של נשים רשות , "the passover of women is voluntary", or in their own power; they might... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:41

His parents went - every year - This was their constant custom, because positively enjoined by the law, Exodus 23:17 . But it does not appear that infants were obliged to be present; and yet all the men-children are positively ordered to make their appearance at Jerusalem thrice in the year, Exodus 34:23 . And our Lord, being now twelve years old, Luke 2:42 , accompanies his parents to the feast. Probably this was the very age at which the male children were obliged to appear before... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:41

Verse 41 41.And his parents went every year to Jerusalem It is mentioned in commendation of the piety of Mary and Joseph, that they gave diligent attendance to the outward worship of God. It was not of their own accord, but by a divine command, that they undertook this annual journey. The law enjoins the, males “only to, appear before the Lord,” (Exodus 23:17.) This arrangement does not entirely exclude females, but spares them by an exercise of kindness. This mark distinguishes the true... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:39-52

The childhood and the waiting-time. Before the age of twelve, nothing is told. In modern biographies, all kinds of traits, incidents, forecasts of the man in the child, are mentioned. The Apocryphal Gospels fall in with this custom. God's thoughts are not our thoughts. The child-life of "the Lord's Christ" is thoroughly simple. A bright-eyed boy, learning to read the Scriptures at his mother's knee, running out and in to shop and cottage, and joining sometimes in the innocent pastimes of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:41

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover . The Law required the attendance of all men at the three great Feasts of Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles ( Deuteronomy 16:16 ). The dispersion and subsequent residence of so many Jews in distant lands had much broken up the regular observance of these directions. Still, many devout Jews were constantly present at these feasts. This Mosaic ordinance was only binding upon men, but R. Hillel recommended women... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:41-52

The Child Jesus at Jerusalem . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 2:41-52

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 2:41-52

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 2:41

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:41

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 2:41

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:39-52

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:41

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:41-52

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 2:41-52

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

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