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Luk_2:41 f. Τῇ ἑορτῇ ] Dative of time. Comp. Winer, p. 195, 193 [E. T. 273, 269]. The three great festivals (Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles) were according to the Mosaic law to be celebrated, although with the gradual dispersion of the people this could not strictly be adhered to, by every male Israelite at the national sanctuary,—an excellent means of maintaining and elevating the common theocratic spirit; Exo_23:14 ff; Exo_34:23; Deu_16:16. See Ewald, Alterth. p. 406 ff.; Saalschütz, M. R. p. 421 ff. The annual passover-journey was shared also by Mary, doubtless independently of Hillel’s precept to that effect (Tanchuma, f. 33, 4), and in virtue of her piety (comp. 1Sa_1:7; Mechilta, f. 17, 2). As to the Passover, see on Mat_26:2.
δώδεκα ] At this age in the case of the boy, who now was called áÌÅï äÈúÌå̇øÈä , began the instruction in the law, the accustoming to worship, fasting, and the like, see Lightfoot, p. 739; Wetstein.