Luke 2:42
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Luke 2:42 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Luke 2:42 is a verse from the book of Luke in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Luke 2:42 — KJV
“And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.”
— Luke 2:42 (KJV)
Luke 2:42 in Context — About the Book of Luke
Luke, the physician-historian, writes the most carefully researched Gospel — and the most tender. Outsiders take center stage: shepherds, women, Samaritans, tax collectors, the prodigal son. More than any Gospel, Luke shows Jesus praying at every turning point of His life.
Cross-References for Luke 2:42
“And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.”
Shares key themes with Luke 2:42: old, went, after
“A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. every man: Heb. a poll”
Shares key themes with Luke 2:42: years, old, went
“And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.”
Shares key themes with Luke 2:42: years, old, went
“And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.”
Shares key themes with Luke 2:42: years, old, went
“And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;”
Shares key themes with Luke 2:42: years, old, went
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