Luke 2:41–52 con­ta­ins the only account of the youth of Jesus hims­elf. The reli­gious­ly inde­pen­dent «boy» tra­vel­led with his par­ents to Jeru­sa­lem for the Pas­so­ver. To his par­ents» dis­may, howe­ver, Jesus remains in Jeru­sa­lem after their depar­tu­re and impres­ses the tea­chers the­re with his under­stan­ding and wise ans­wers. After three days, his par­ents found him again and were outra­ged that he had sim­ply left. For Jesus, howe­ver, it was clear: «You should have known that I was in the house of my…