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Luke 2:21
Luke 2:21 is verse 21 of Luke chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.
King James Version
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
World English Bible
When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
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Luke 2:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.
21 When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.
22 And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord
23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Luke 1:59On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
Genesis 17:12Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
Leviticus 12:3And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.
Matthew 3:15“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
Galatians 4:4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Galatians 4:5to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
Philippians 2:8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.
Luke 1:31Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
Matthew 1:25But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.