When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed. Cross References Exodus 12:15 For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel. Luke 2:42 And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast. Luke 2:44 Assuming He was in their company, they traveled on for a day before they began to look for Him among their relatives and friends. Treasury of Scripture And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 2 Chronicles 30:21-23 2 Chronicles 25:17 |
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