Luke 2:21

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.

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”),

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called JESUS, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
DARBY: And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.
BLB: And when eight days to circumcise Him were fulfilled, then His name was called Jesus, which He had been called by the angel before His being conceived in the womb.

ÅB: Og da åtte dager var til ende, og han skulle omskjæres, ble han kalt Jesus, det navn som engelen hadde nevnt før han ble undfanget i mors liv.
OTB: Da åtte dager var gått og han skulle omskjæres, fikk han navnet Jesus, det som engelen hadde gitt ham før han ble unnfanget.
B1930: Og da åtte dager var til ende, og han skulde omskjæres, blev han kalt Jesus, det navn som engelen hadde nevnt før han blev undfanget i mors liv.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Leviticus 12:3
And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.
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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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Luke 1:31
Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
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Luke 1:59
On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
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Matthew 1:21
She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
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Galatians 4:4–5
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
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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.
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Philippians 2:8
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.
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