Bible Study: Jesus the Student

Encourage your Bible Study, Kids Club and Sunday School students to see Jesus as a student learning and discussing with the temple teachers.

Was Jesus Really Lost?

When Jesus was twelve, He went with Mary and Joseph to Jerusalem for the Passover celebration.
They walked in a large group with friends and relatives from Nazareth to Jerusalem.

On the way home, the young people walked, laughed and sang together.
So a full day passed before Mary and Joseph discovered Jesus was not with the other boys.
They went back to Jerusalem.

On the third day they found Jesus in the Temple, talking with the wise men.
Mary was very upset.
"We have been looking for you for days.” she said.
“Why did you have to look everywhere for Me?” Jesus asked. “Didn’t you know I would be in My Father’s House?”

Jesus parents were happy to have found their boy but they thought about his words.
They could tell he was connecting to God.
Jesus grew into a young man loving and smart, and everyone who knew Him liked him very much.
Jesus took care of the family when Joseph died.

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