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The Boy Jesus at the Temple

Luke 2:42

In 9 translations

BSB
And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast.
KJV
And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
WEB
When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast;
ASV
And when he was twelve years old, they went up after the custom of the feast;
LSV
and when He became twelve years old, they having gone up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the celebration,
YLT
and when he became twelve years old, they having gone up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast,
DBY
And when he was twelve years old, and they went up [to Jerusalem] according to the custom of the feast
DRC
And when he was twelve years old, they going up into Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast,
GNV
And when hee was twelue yeere olde, and they were come vp to Hierusalem, after the custome of the feast,

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀναβαινόντων (“when were going up”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀναβάντων (“having gone up”).
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα (“into Jerusalem”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ἀναβαινόντων. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀναβαινόντων; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀναβάντων.
  • SBLGNT: αὐτῶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτῶν; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ὅτε ἐγένετο ἐτῶν δώδεκα, ἀναβαινόντων αὐτῶν κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἑορτῆς
RP2018
Καὶ ὅτε ἐγένετο ἐτῶν δώδεκα, ἀναβάντων αὐτῶν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἑορτῆς,
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ὅτε ἐγένετο ἐτῶν δώδεκα, ἀναβάντων αὐτῶν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἑορτῆς,
SCR1894
και οτε εγενετο ετων δωδεκα αναβαντων αυτων εις ιεροσολυμα κατα το εθος της εορτης

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◆ Jesus as a child in the Temple

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