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The Boy Jesus at the Temple - Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. After the ...
The boy Jesus stays behind in the temple engages the teachers about Scripture. But he submits to his parents and returns to Nazareth, to grow in wisdom, stature, and favor with God and man.
To the gently veiled reproach of Mary, Jesus replies, apparently with wonderment, with another question. It had come upon him so quietly and yet with such irresistible force that the temple of God was his real earthly home, that he marvelled at his mother's slowness of comprehension.
The Boy Jesus at the Temple … 45 When they could not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him. 46 Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47 And all who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.…
The boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents didn't know it. Good News Translation When the festival was over, they started back home, but the boy Jesus stayed in Jerusalem. His parents did not know this; International Standard Version When the days of the festival were over, they left for home.
This was the year Jesus chose to stay behind in the temple. Perhaps, at this crucial turning point in every Jewish boy's life, Jesus wanted to demonstrate subtly for those who had eyes to see that he would be more than an ordinary Jewish bar mitzvah; his insight into the commandment was more profound than ordinary men, and his relation to God ...
The Boy Jesus in the Temple. 41 Every year the parents of Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival. 42 When Jesus was twelve years old, they went to the festival as usual. 43 When the festival was over, they started back home, but the boy Jesus stayed in Jerusalem.
