Jesus in the Temple at Twelve Years Old

41 And his parents went every year to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the feast. 43 And after[a] the days were completed, while they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. And his parents did not know it,[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:43 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were completed”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Luke 2:43 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation