When ¹  he was twelve years old, ²  they went up ³  according to custom.

biblegateway Luk 2:42

And when He became twelve, they went up there according to the custom of the Feast;

When He was 12 years old, they went up according to the custom of the festival.

And when he was twelve years [old], they went up according to the custom of the feast.

biblegateway Luk 2:42

When he was twelve years old, they went up to the Feast, according to the custom.

And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.

bibleoremus Luk 2:42

And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival.

and when he was twelve, they made the pilgrimage as usual.

biblegateway Luk 2:42

And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast.

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

biblegateway Luk 2:42

When ¹  he was twelve years old, ²  they went up ³  according to custom.

¹ tn Grk “And when.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² sn According to the Mishnah, the age of twelve years old is one year before a boy becomes responsible for his religious commitments (m. Niddah 5.6).

³ tc Most mss, especially later ones (A C^vid Θ Ψ 0130 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat) have εἰς ῾Ιεροσόλυμα (eij" &ierosoluma, “to Jerusalem”) here, but the ms support for the omission is much stronger (א B D L W 579 1241 pc co); further, the longer reading clarifies what they went up to and thus looks like a motivated reading.