Luke 2:41

Jesus In The Temple At Twelve Years Old

⁴⁰ And the Child continued to grow and become strong [in spirit], filled with wisdom; and the grace (favor, spiritual blessing) of God was upon Him. ⁴¹ Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year for the Passover Feast. ⁴² And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the Feast;

Feast of the Passover

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Jerusalem

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Moses

Deuteronomy 16:1-8

“Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

1 Samuel 1:3

This man went up from his city each year to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh. Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were priests to the Lord there.

John 2:13

Now the Passover of the Jews was approaching, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Exodus 12:14

‘Now this day will be a memorial to you, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as an ordinance forever.

Exodus 23:14-17

“Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast [dedicated] to Me.

Exodus 34:23

Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

Leviticus 23:5

The Lord’s Passover is on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight.

Numbers 28:16

‘The Lord’s Passover shall be on the fourteenth day of the first month [of each year].

Deuteronomy 12:5-7

But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to establish His Name there for His dwelling [place], and there you shall come [to worship Him].

Deuteronomy 12:11

then it shall come about that the place which the Lord your God will choose for His Name [and Presence] to dwell; there you shall bring everything that I am commanding you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes and the [voluntary] contribution of your hand [as a first gift from the fruits of the ground], and all your choice votive offerings which you vow to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:18

But you shall eat them before the Lord your God in the place which the Lord your God will choose, you and your son and your daughter, and your male and female servants, and the Levite who is within your [city] gates; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God in all that you undertake.

Deuteronomy 16:16

“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover) and at the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) and at the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles), and they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.

1 Samuel 1:21

Then the man Elkanah and all his household went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow.

John 6:4

Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was approaching.

John 11:55

Now the Passover of the Jews was approaching, and many from the country went up to Jerusalem before Passover to purify themselves [ceremonially, so that they would be able to participate in the feast].

John 13:1

Now before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that His hour had come [and it was time] for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. Having [greatly] loved His own who were in the world, He loved them [and continuously loves them with His perfect love] to the end (eternally).