Luke 1:59

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On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 17:12 : 12 Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants.
  • Lev 12:3 : 3 On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised.
  • Luke 2:21 : 21 At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
  • Phil 3:5 : 5 I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee.
  • Acts 7:8 : 8 Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
  • Gen 21:3-4 : 3 Abraham named his son– whom Sarah bore to him– Isaac. 4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do.

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    60But his mother replied,“No! He must be named John.”

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