“And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.”
After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it — the staying behind (hypomeinantes, remaining) is presented matter-of-factly without explanation of Jesus' intention. The parents' unawareness is the realistic detail of a large Passover caravan in which children moved between family groups — it was not negligence but the reasonable assumption that he was with other relatives or friends in the crowd.
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