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Luke 2:43 KJV
Luke · chapter 2 · verse 43
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.Luke 2:43 · King James Version
Luke 2:43 in context
41Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
42And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
43And 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.
44But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
45And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fulfilledteleioōto make perfect, complete, to carry through completely, to accomplish, finish, bring to…G5048 →
- JerusalemierousalēmJerusalem = " set ye double peace" , denotes either the city itself or the…G2419 →
- returnedhypostrephōto turn back, to turn about, to returnG5290 →
- behindhypomenōto remain, to tarry behind, to remainG5278 →
- JosephiōsēphJoseph = " let him add" , the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob, the son of…G2501 →
- mothermētēra mother, metaph. the source of something, the motherlandG3384 →
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We have here the only passage of story recorded concerning our blessed Saviour, from his infancy to the day of his showing to Israel at twenty-nine years old, and therefore we are concerned to make much of this, for it is in vain to wish we had more. Here is, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 41-52