Luke 2:41 - Forerunner Commentary

Luke 2:41

Library

<< Luke 2:40 Luke 2:42 >>

Articles, Bible studies, and sermons that contain The Gospel According to Luke 2:41:

Luke 2:41-43
Excerpted from: Passover (Part 10)

It is called here in verse 41 "the Feast of Passover." But look now at verse 43. "When they had finished the days...."

Days is plural. How many days are there in the feast of Passover, as the instructions are given back in the Old Testament, in Exodus 12, Leviticus 23, and Numbers 9? One day to the feast of Passover; seven days to the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Verse 43 says "When they had finished [completed] the days." Now what days did He keep?

If He was just keeping Passover in Jerusalem, do you not think Luke would have said, "And having completed the day"? But he says "days." Again we are dealing with a place that is obviously referring to the Days of Unleavened Bread (plural), but it is being called "Passover."

Let us look at that again. Some advocates of a 15^th Passover claim that this verse shows that Jesus kept a 15^th Passover. It does nothing of the kind, but this is to them a proof-text. What it is saying here in Luke 2:41 and 43 is that He kept the days (plural) of Unleavened Bread in Jerusalem. It does not say that He kept the Passover there, but He may also have kept it there. You see, it is not a proof-text for the keeping of either a 14^th Passover or a 15^th Passover in Jerusalem. It is a proof-text for sure that He kept the Days (plural) of Unleavened Bread there. What it does show then is that Jesus was keeping the commandments of God in regard to the Days (plural) of Unleavened Bread.

Articles
Leadership and Covenants (Part Eleven): Signs

Essays
Lessons From Mary (Part Two)

Sermons
Character and Leadership
Renewal
Built as a Witness
Are God's Holy Days To Be Kept Today?
Do You Recognize This Man? (Part 1)
Instruction in the Morning
Preternatural, Natural, Unnatural, Supernatural (Part Two)
Christ's Revelation of the Father
Running God's Marathon With Christ
Dancing With the Devil's World
'What Do You Seek?'

<< Luke 2:40 Luke 2:42 >>

A Verse and a Thought, Every Morning