Opening the library…

Home Bible Corpus Discover You

Search the Bible

Infancy Gospel of Thomas

Unknown

Section 19

About this work

Author: Unknown

19. And when He was twelve years old His parents went

as

usual

to

Jerusalem

to

the

feast

of

the

passover

with

their

fellow

-

travellers

.

And

after

the

passover

they

were

coming

home

again

.

And

while

they

were

coming

home

,

the

child

Jesus

went

back

to

Jerusalem

.

And

His

parents

thought

that

He

was

in

the

company

.

And

having

gone

one

day’s

journey

,

they

sought

for

Him

among

their

relations

;

and

not

finding

Him

,

they

were

in

great

grief

,

and

turned

back

to

the

city

seeking

for

Him

.

And

after

the

third

day

they

found

Him

in

the

temple

,

sitting

in

the

midst

of

the

teachers

,

both

hearing

the

law

and

asking

them

questions

.

And

they

were

all

attending

to

Him

,

and

wondering

that

He

,

being

a

child

,

was

shutting

the

mouths

of

the

elders

and

teachers

of

the

people

,

explaining

the

main

points

of

the

law

and

the

parables

of

the

prophets

.

And

His

mother

Mary

coming

up

,

said

to

Him

:

Why

hast

thou

done

this

to

us

,

child

?

Behold

,

we

have

been

seeking

for

thee

in

great

trouble

.

And

Jesus

said

to

them

:

Why

do

you

seek

me

?

Do

you

not

know

that

I

must

be

about

my

Father’s

business

?

And

the

scribes

and

the

Pharisees

said

:

Art

thou

the

mother

of

this

child

?

And

she

said

:

I

am

.

And

they

said

to

her

:

Blessed

art

thou

among

women

,

for

God

hath

blessed

the

fruit

of

thy

womb

;

for

such

glory

,

and

such

virtue

and

wisdom

,

we

have

neither

seen

nor

heard

ever

.

And

Jesus

rose

up

,

and

followed

His

mother

,

and

was

subject

to

His

parents

.

And

His

mother

observed

all

these

things

that

had

happened

.

And

Jesus

advanced

in

wisdom

,

and

stature

,

and

grace

.

To

whom

be

glory

for

ever

and

ever

.

Amen

.

Notes

21
[This may be rendered, as in R.V., Luke ii. 49, “ in my Father’s house.” The words are the same as in that passage.—R.]
22
Luke ii. 41–52.