He Said the Temple was His Father's House. He Is the Son Of God.
Jesus was not lost. When his parents were finished with their dealings in the city, they left with a large entourage, and assumed that Jesus was somewhere in the group. Jesus made His way to the Temple to teach what He knew. It was several days later that Mary and Joseph found Him at the temple expounding scriptures and teaching the elders. Jesus knew He was about His fathers' business. Not Joseph, but the business of God, His father.
Jesus was found in the temple in Jerusalem, known as the Temple of Jerusalem or the Temple of Solomon.
Mary and Joseph found Jesus sitting in the temple when he was twelve years old. both hearing the doctors and asking them questions. (John 2.45,46). This must have been about the year 12.
Reading from NIV (new international version) - he said "why were you searching for me? Didnt you know I had to be in my father's house?"
No Jesus was not gambling at the Temple at age 12. Luke 2: 41-50 tells us that every year Joseph and Mary and Jesus would travel to Jerusalem for the Passover. When Jesus was there at age 12, His parents missed Him in their company on the way home to Nazareth. Returning to Jerusalem they found Jesus in the Temple, listening to and asking questions of the teachers there. Jesus even at age 12 would not gamble and there was no gambling in the temple.
He was 12 years old when He was lost in Jerusalem. He was found in the temple after 3 days by Mary and Joseph his parents.
Joseph was a carpenter in Nazareth, engaged to Mary. When Mary became pregnant with Jesus through the Holy Spirit, Joseph initially planned to divorce her quietly. However, an angel appeared to him in a dream, explaining the divine nature of Jesus' conception and instructing Joseph to take Mary as his wife. Joseph obeyed, fulfilling the prophecy of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem.
In a temple.
It was in the garden.Or the temple.
The two people who witnessed the presentation of Jesus in the temple as a baby were Simeon and Anna. Simeon was a devout man who had been promised by God that he would not die before seeing the Messiah, and Anna was a prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Redeemer.
Because it was the last place they thought he would be found there, as a boy asking questions among learned people was a surprise.
Mary found Jesus in the temple in Jerusalem, where he was discussing theology with the teachers.