Twelve years old (ετων δωδεκα). Predicate genitive. Luke does not say that Jesus had not been to Jerusalem before, but at twelve a…

Twelve years old. All males among the Hebrews were required to appear three times a year before God, to attend the ordinances of religion …

When he was twelve years old. The stages of Jewish childhood were marked as follows: At three the boy was weaned, and wore for the…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: The Evangelist, having said before that the Child grew and grew strong, verifies his own words when h…

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 when he was twelve years old
Not that he was now, (hwum rb), "a son of the commandme…

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…