Luke 2:42 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴² When Jesus was twelve years old, they [all] went up to the Festival as usual.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴² And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴² And when He was twelve years [old], they went up, as was their custom.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴² And when he was twelve years old, they went up after the custom of the feast;

Common English Bible

⁴² When he was 12 years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to their custom.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴² And when he had become twelve years old, they ascended to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast day.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴² And when he was twelve years old, they going up into Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast,

Luke 2:42 Cross References

Luke 2:41

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].

Luke 2:43

And when they had completed [all] the days [of festivities], and were returning [home], the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Now His parents did not know this,

Luke 4:16

Jesus then went to Nazareth where He had been brought up. He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day, according to His custom, and stood up to read [the Scriptures].

John 4:45

So, when He got to Galilee, the people there welcomed Him, for they had also gone to the [Passover] Festival in Jerusalem and had seen everything He had done there during the festival.