Luke 2:21

World English Bible (2000)

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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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 1:31 : 31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name 'Jesus.'
  • Luke 1:59 : 59 It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.
  • Gen 17:12 : 12 He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your seed.
  • Lev 12:3 : 3 In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
  • Matt 1:21 : 21 She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."
  • Matt 1:25 : 25 and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.
  • Matt 3:15 : 15 But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him.
  • Gal 4:4-5 : 4 But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law, 5 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.
  • Phil 2:8 : 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.

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  • Luke 2:22-23
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    22When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord

    23(as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),

  • Luke 1:59-63
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    79%

    59It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

    60His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John."

    61They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name."

    62They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

    63He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." They all marveled.

  • Luke 1:31-32
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    77%

    31Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name 'Jesus.'

    32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

  • Luke 2:26-28
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    76%

    26It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

    27He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,

    28then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

  • Matt 1:20-23
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    20But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

    21She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

    22Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

    23"Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;" which is, being interpreted, "God with us."

  • Matt 1:25
    74%

    25and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.

  • Luke 2:6-7
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    6It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.

    7She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

  • Luke 2:20
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    20The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.

  • Luke 1:26-27
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    26Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

    27to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

  • Luke 2:33
    71%

    33Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him,

  • Luke 2:11-12
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    11For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

    12This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."

  • Matt 1:18
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    18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 2:39-41
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    39When they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

    40The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

    41His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.

  • Luke 1:66-67
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    70%

    66All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.

    67His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

  • Luke 1:13-15
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    13But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

    14You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

    15For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

  • Luke 2:16-17
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    16They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.

    17When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

  • Luke 1:57
    69%

    57Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.

  • Matt 2:21
    69%

    21He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

  • Luke 1:80
    69%

    80The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

  • Luke 1:76
    69%

    76And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

  • Luke 1:35-36
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    69%

    35The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

    36Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

  • Lev 12:3
    69%

    3In the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

  • Luke 1:41
    69%

    41It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

  • Matt 2:23
    68%

    23and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."

  • Mark 1:9
    68%

    9It happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

  • Luke 2:43
    68%

    43and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn't know it,

  • Luke 1:44
    68%

    44For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!

  • Gen 21:4
    68%

    4Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

  • Luke 3:21
    68%

    21Now it happened, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened,