Luke 2:41-46 - Every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up to the Feast, according to the custom. After the Feast was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
It's generally understood that the 3 days is counted as one day towards home, plus one day back to Jerusalem, plus one day searching the city for him. Even so, that's 2 nights that Jesus (at the age of a modern-day 6th grader) had to spend in the big city without his parents. I wonder who took him in. Was it one (or two) of the same teachers he was found studying with? Was there another relative in town? Maybe one the family had visited while there for the Feast?
Did Jesus spend the better part of those 3 days in the temple area? Did he wander around the town at all? What did he do for meals?
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