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?"
Joseph and Mary recognized Jesus in the temple.
He Said the Temple was His Father's House. He Is the Son Of God.
AnswerIn Luke's Gospel, shortly after the birth of Jesus, Joseph and Mary went to the Temple for Mary's purification, then travelled straight back to Nazareth in Galilee.
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.
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.
Neither Mary or Joseph took any pigeons to the temple.
It took Mary and Joseph a total of three days to locate Jesus in the temple.
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.
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.
The old man in the temple who at once recognized that the baby of Joseph and Mary was the Messiah, he also told Mary that a sword would Pearce your heart because of him. He also said now let your servant depart in peace. He was about 80 years old but he was sure it was the Messiah the people had waited for centuries to come.
When Joseph and Mary brought the baby Jesus form the dedication at the temple ,beside his parents Simon the priest and Anna the old prophetess was there .
According some sources, Joseph had yet died. Mary continued to worship and participate in the first kehilah (congregation) with her sons Jacob, Jude, Joseph and Shimon, as its written in Acts.