After Jesus was born, what happened next in His life?

After Jesus was born, what happened next in His life?

Luke 2:21-22 tells us:

And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb. Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord.

Circumcision was traditionally on the eighth day.

A Rabbi from Bethlehem would have carried it out.

The mother of a son was considered unclean for 40 days so she couldn’t go anywhere.

She could not even come to the Temple until the 41st day.

Bethlehem to Jerusalem is 5.5 miles, quite a distance to walk.

They were keen to do everything according to the Law.

So 41 days after his birth Jesus is in Jerusalem.

What happened there was amazing.