After participating in a family outing to Jerusalem to celebrate the feast of Passover, the young boy goes his own way and becomes separated from his parents and their traveling caravan.

After participating in a family outing to Jerusalem to celebrate the feast of Passover, the young boy goes his own way and becomes separated from his parents and their traveling caravan.

Therefore, it’s likely that a caravan set out from Nazareth and that Jesus, Mary and Joseph were in it. The Gospel says as much when it notes that, for the return trip, Jesus was not apparently ...