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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.

Luke 2:43

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 41-52)

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. Christ’s going up with his parents to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover, Luke 2:41 , 42 . 1. It was their constant practice to atte...

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