Luke 2:41

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And his parents were going yearly to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐπορεύοντο οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ κατʼ ἔτος εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ τῇ ἑορτῇ τοῦ πάσχα.

Transliteration

And eporeuonto the goneis of him according to etos to Ierousalēm for the heortē of the pascha.

Grammar Details

• *eporeuonto*: imperfect indicative middle, 3rd plural - they were going/traveling
• *goneis*: nominative, masculine, plural - parents
• *etos*: accusative, neuter, singular - year
• *Ierousalēm*: accusative (place) - to Jerusalem
• *heortē*: dative, feminine, singular - for feast/festival
• *pascha*: genitive, neuter, singular - of Passover

Word Meanings

• *eporeuonto*: went/traveled/journeyed
• *goneis*: parents/progenitors
• *etos*: year/annually
• *heortē*: feast/festival/celebration
• *pascha*: Passover/Pesach

Referenced Verses

• Deut 12:18 : 18 but before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth fix on, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who `is' within thy gates, and thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God in every putting forth of thy hand;
• Deut 16:1-8 : 1 `Observe the month of Abib -- and thou hast made a passover to Jehovah thy God, for in the month of Abib hath Jehovah thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night; 2 and thou hast sacrificed a passover to Jehovah thy God, of the flock, and of the herd, in the place which Jehovah doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle there. 3 `Thou dost not eat with it any fermented thing, seven days thou dost eat with it unleavened things, bread of affliction; for in haste thou hast come out of the land of Egypt; so that thou dost remember the day of thy coming out of the land of Egypt all days of thy life; 4 and there is not seen with thee leaven in all thy border seven days, and there doth not remain of the flesh which thou dost sacrifice at evening on the first day till morning. 5 `Thou art not able to sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, 6 except at the place which Jehovah thy God doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle -- there thou dost sacrifice the passover in the evening, at the going in of the sun, the season of thy coming out of Egypt; 7 and thou hast cooked and eaten in the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix, and hast turned in the morning, and gone to thy tents; 8 six days thou dost eat unleavened things, and on the seventh day `is' a restraint to Jehovah thy God; thou dost do no work.
• 1 Sam 1:3 : 3 And that man hath gone up out of his city from time to time, to bow himself, and to sacrifice, before Jehovah of Hosts, in Shiloh, and there `are' two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Jehovah.
• John 2:13 : 13 And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
• John 6:4 : 4 and the passover was nigh, the feast of the Jews.
• John 11:55 : 55 And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;
• John 13:1 : 1 And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour hath come, that he may remove out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who `are' in the world -- to the end he loved them.
• 1 Sam 1:21 : 21 And the man Elkanah goeth up, and all his house, to sacrifice to Jehovah the sacrifice of the days, and his vow.
• Deut 16:16 : 16 `Three times in a year doth every one of thy males appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which He doth choose -- in the feast of unleavened things, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths; and they do not appear before Jehovah empty;
• Exod 12:14 : 14 `And this day hath become to you a memorial, and ye have kept it a feast to Jehovah to your generations; -- a statute age-during; ye keep it a feast.
• Exod 23:14-17 : 14 `Three times thou dost keep a feast to Me in a year; 15 the Feast of Unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have commanded thee, at the time appointed `in' the month of Abib; for in it thou hast come forth out of Egypt, and ye do not appear `in' My presence empty; 16 and the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of thy works which thou sowest in the field; and the Feast of the In-Gathering, in the outgoing of the year, in thy gathering thy works out of the field. 17 `Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the face of the Lord Jehovah.
• Exod 34:23 : 23 `Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, God of Israel;
• Lev 23:5 : 5 in the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, `is' the passover to Jehovah;
• Num 28:16 : 16 `And in the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, `is' the passover to Jehovah;
• Deut 12:5-7 : 5 but unto the place which Jehovah your God doth choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His tabernacle ye seek, and thou hast entered thither, 6 and hast brought in thither your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock; 7 and ye have eaten there before Jehovah your God, and have rejoiced in every putting forth of your hand, ye and your households, with which Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.
• Deut 12:11 : 11 `And it hath been, the place on which Jehovah your God doth fix to cause His name to tabernacle there, thither ye bring in all that which I am commanding you, your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all the choice of your vows which ye vow to Jehovah;