Luke 2:41 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Now Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem every year to attend the Passover Festival. [Note: This was the annual Jewish festival commemorating Israel’s deliverance from Egyptian bondage under Moses’ leadership].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year to the Passover Feast. [Deut. 16:1-8; Exod. 23:15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

And his parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.

Common English Bible

Each year his parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And his parents went every year to Jerusalem, at the time of the solemnity of Passover.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And his parents went every year to Jerusalem, at the solemn day of the pasch,

Luke 2:41 Cross References