³⁶And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher (she was advanced in years,^l having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,^m ³⁷and herself as a widow up to eighty-four years)ⁿ who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day. ³⁸And at that same hour she approached and^* began to give thanks^o to God, and to speak about him to all those who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

³⁹And when they had completed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. ⁴⁰And the child was growing and becoming strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.

Jesus in the Temple at Twelve Years Old

⁴¹And his parents went every year to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. ⁴²And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the feast. ⁴³And after^* the days were completed, while they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. And his parents did not know it,^* ⁴⁴but believing him to be in the group of travelers, they went a day’s journey. And they began searching for^* him among their^p relatives and their^q acquaintances, ⁴⁵and when they^* did not find him,^* they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. ⁴⁶And it happened that after three days they found him in the temple courts,^* sitting in the midst of the teachers and listening to them and asking them questions. ⁴⁷And all who heard him were amazed at his insight and his^* answers. ⁴⁸And when they^* saw him, they were astounded and his mother said to him, “Child, why have you done this to us? Look, your father and I have been searching for you anxiously!” ⁴⁹And he said to them, “Why^r were you searching for me? Did you not know that it was necessary for me to be in the house^s of my Father?” ⁵⁰And they did not understand the statement that he spoke to them. ⁵¹And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was submitting to them. And his mother treasured all these things in her heart.

⁵²And Jesus was advancing in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and with people.

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Luke 2:49: And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

Footnotes

lLiterally “with many days”
mLiterally “from her virginity”
nOr “eighty-four years as a widow”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“approached”) has been translated as a finite verb
oThe imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to give thanks”)
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were completed”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began searching for”)
pLiterally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
qLiterally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“find”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
*This is an understood repetition of “his” due to English style
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
rLiterally “what is it that”
sOr “things” (= business)