and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn’t know it,

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  • WEB World English Bible

    and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn’t know it,

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    And when they had fulfilled the dayes as they returned home the chylde Iesus boode styll in Hierusalem vnknowynge to his father and mother.

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    And had finished the dayes thereof, as they returned, the childe Iesus remained in Hierusalem, and Ioseph knew not, nor his mother,

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Cross-references (3)

Passages linked to Luke 2:43 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Exodus 12:15 “ ‘Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away yeast out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:17 Then Amaziah king of Judah consulted his advisers, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come! Let’s look one another in the face.”
  • 2 Chronicles 30:21-23 The children of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness. The Levites and the priests praised Yahweh day by day, singing with loud instruments to Yahweh. Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had good understanding in the service of Yahweh. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace offerings, and making confession to Yahweh, the God of their fathers. The whole assembly took counsel to keep another seven days, and they kept another seven days with gladness.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as…

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.

Ver. 43. Joseph and his mother knew not] One would wonder they should be so careless of so peerless a pearl; they might well think there were enough at Jerusalem, among the Herodians especially, that would have been glad to have despatched any that should take upon them to be Messiah the Prince, as Daniel calleth him, Dan 9:25. When they fled into Egypt for fear of Herod, they lost not the child Jesus; as neither there, nor in their return from thence; but at the feast they did, and in that greatest solemnity. Hence Stella observeth, that there is far greater danger of losing Christ in time of prosperity, and worldly affluence, than in days of persecution and tribulation. In mundi faelicitate et affuentia, potius quam in persecutionibus et tribulationibus Christum amitti.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread,…
William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain The service of the temple being ended, they return…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But they supposing him to have been in the…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The child Jesus - St. Luke describes in order…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 43. Had fulfilled the days] Eight days in…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Had fulfilled the days - The days of the…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain as they returned--If the duties of life must give…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 43. Fulfilled the days—The seven of the Passover week—
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 43. fulfilled the days] Exo_12:15.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (43) The child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem.—The words…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And when they had fulfilled the days, as they…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain When they had fulfilled the days
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 43. Fulfilled the days. The seven of the passover…

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