Luke 2:39-47 - "The Boy Jesus"

Pastor Mike Impact Ministries · Sep 17, 2024 · 5m

42 And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. 43 When they had finished the days, as they returned, the Boy Jesus lingered behind in Jerusalem. And Joseph and His mother did not know it;

Luke, in these verses, now informs us that after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, His presentation to Simeon and Anna in the Temple, and a short time in Egypt (Matthew 2:13-23), Jesus’ parents move Him back to their hometown of Nazareth where He grows up. We need remember that Luke in his Gospel is presenting Jesus to the world as the perfect “Son of Man”…