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Andκαὶwhenὅτεhe wasἐγένετοtwelveδώδεκαyears old,ἐτῶνas they went upἀναβαινόντων αὐτῶνaccording toκατὰthe customτὸ ἔθοςof the feast,τῆς ἑορτῆς
Luke 2:42
Study it in the app“And when he was twelve years old, as they went up according to the custom of the feast,”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 2:42, word by word
- he wasἐγένετοegeneto
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “egeneto” appears- twelveδώδεκαdōdeka
twelve
The quantity twelve, the number of the tribes of Israel.
Where else “dōdeka” appears- years oldἐτῶνetōn
year
Year.
Where else “etōn” appears- as they went upἀναβαινόντωνanabainontōn
go up
To go upward: up a mountain, to Jerusalem or to heaven.
Where else “anabainontōn” appears- the customἔθοςethos
custom
Custom.
Where else “ethos” appears- of the feastἑορτῆςheortēs
feast, festival
Feast, festival.
Where else “heortēs” appears
The context
41And his parents used to go every year to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover.
42 · This verse (above)
43and when they had completed the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, and his parents did not know it.
To study Luke 2 in a group
1. What it says
What sign does the angel give the shepherds to recognize the child, and what do they do afterward? (vv. 10-20)
2. What it means
What do Simeon and Anna say about the child, and why do their words amaze Joseph and Mary? (vv. 25-38)
3. How I live it
Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart (v. 19). What could you keep and ponder this week?