Every year (κατ' ετος). This idiom only here in the N.T., a common Greek construction. Every male was originally expected to appea…

His parents went to Jerusalem.—The law of Moses required the attendance of all males at the three feasts of Passover, Pen…

The Venerable Bede: Luke has omitted here what he knew Matthew had already sufficiently explained: that the Lord, for fear that…

Luke takes yet another opportunity to emphasize the fidelity of Jesus’ family to Judaism. Adults were supposed to attend the three major feasts in …

And his parents went every year to Jerusalem; it is mentioned in commendation of the piety of Mary and Joseph that they gave diligent atte…

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year Joseph was obliged to go three times a year, as were all the males in Israel…

It is for the honour of Christ that children should attend public worship. His parents did not return until they had stayed all the seven days of t…