yearly trips to jerusalem in luke

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james_C
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yearly trips to jerusalem in luke

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39 When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. 40 The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.


41 Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover.
according to the text,
did the family do yearly trips to jerusalem from birth onward?


dr avalos seems to think so:

First, the language of Luke 2:41 certainly indicates that Mary and Joseph went to Jerusalem EVERY YEAR because the Greek has KAT' ETOS, which means annually or every year. This is a well-attested expression, on which you can see other examples in Bauer, Arndt, and Gingrich, A Greek-English Lexicon (1957 edition), p. 317. Luke 2:41 indicates that they made this annual trip from the birth onward, and so that would have included the entire reign of Archelaus.



did they go with child?
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