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Luke 1:59

Zacharias

57 When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.

58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.

On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.

60 But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”

61 They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”

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BSB
On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
KJV
And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
WEB
On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
ASV
And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.
DARBY
And it came to pass on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called it after the name of his father, Zacharias.
BLB
And it came to pass on the eighth day [that] they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him after the name of his father Zechariah.
ÅB
Og det skjedde på den åttende dag, da kom de for å omskjære barnet, og de ville kalle ham Sakarias etter hans far.
OTB
På den åttende dagen kom de for å omskjære barnet, og de ville gi ham navnet etter hans far Sakarja,
B1930
Og det skjedde på den åttende dag, da kom de for å omskjære barnet, og de vilde kalle ham Sakarias efter hans far.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 17:12

    Generation 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.

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  • Leviticus 12:3

    And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.

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  • Luke 2:21

    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.

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  • Philippians 3:5

    circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

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  • Acts 7:8

    Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

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  • Genesis 21:3–4

    And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

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