Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
Now has parents went, х eporeuonto (G4198)] - 'were wont' or, 'used to go'
To Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover. Though the males only were required to go up to Jerusalem at the three annual festivals (Exodus 23:14-17), devout women, when family duties permitted, went also. So did Hannah (1 Samuel 1:7), and, as here appears, the mother of Jesus.