This is because the Jewish authorities had already decided that whoever confessed Jesus to be the Christ would be expelled from the synagogue.23 That's why his parents said, "He's old enough.
Ngokuba abaJuda base bevumelene ngokuthi, uma ekhona ovuma ukuba unguKristu, kakhishwe esinagogeni.* 23Ngakho-ke abazali bakhe bathi: "Usekhulile, mbuzeni yena."