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].

More versions

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

Luke 2:42

When Jesus was twelve years old, they [all] went up to the Festival as usual.

John 11:55

Now the Jewish Passover Festival was to be held soon and many people went up to Jerusalem from the countryside before the [actual] Festival in order to perform the ceremonial purification rituals.

John 13:1

Now it was before the Passover Festival [was to begin] and Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. Those [living] in the world, whom He had loved, and who were His own [disciples], He continued to love [dearly] to the very end [i.e., of His life on earth].

John 2:13

Now the Jewish Passover Festival was soon [to be held], so Jesus went up to Jerusalem [to attend it].

John 6:4

Now the time for the Jewish Passover Festival was getting close.