The boy Jesus in the temple
At twelve, Jesus went with his parents to Jerusalem for the Passover and stayed behind. After three days they found him in the temple, listening to the teachers and asking them questions.
He said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
Luke 2:49 (World English Bible)
Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding. To his anxious mother he answered that he had to be in his Father's house, the first recorded words of Jesus. He went home to Nazareth and was obedient to his parents, and he grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and people (Luke 2:52).
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Dating notes
Ussher: the Passover of AD 8, when Jesus was twelve.