Luke 2:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, then was his name called Jesus, having been so called by the messenger before his being conceived in the womb.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 1:31 : 31 and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;
  • Luke 1:59 : 59 And it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias,
  • Gen 17:12 : 12 `And a son of eight days is circumcised by you; every male to your generations, born in the house, or bought with money from any son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed;
  • Lev 12:3 : 3 and in the eighth day is the flesh of his foreskin circumcised;
  • Matt 1:21 : 21 and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.'
  • Matt 1:25 : 25 and did not know her till she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.
  • Matt 3:15 : 15 But Jesus answering said to him, `Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfill all righteousness,' then he doth suffer him.
  • Gal 4:4-5 : 4 and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, 5 that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive;
  • Phil 2:8 : 8 and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death -- death even of a cross,

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    23as it hath been written in the Law of the Lord, -- `Every male opening a womb shall be called holy to the Lord,'

  • Luke 1:59-63
    5 verses
    79%

    59And it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias,

    60and his mother answering said, `No, but he shall be called John.'

    61And they said unto her -- `There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,'

    62and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called,

    63and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, `John is his name;' and they did all wonder;

  • Luke 1:31-32
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    77%

    31and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;

    32he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

  • Luke 2:26-28
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    76%

    26and it hath been divinely told him by the Holy Spirit -- not to see death before he may see the Christ of the Lord.

    27And he came in the Spirit to the temple, and in the parents bringing in the child Jesus, for their doing according to the custom of the law regarding him,

    28then he took him in his arms, and blessed God, and he said,

  • Matt 1:20-23
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    20And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, `Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten `is' of the Holy Spirit,

    21and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.'

    22And all this hath come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

    23`Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted `With us `he is' God.'

  • Matt 1:25
    74%

    25and did not know her till she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.

  • Luke 2:6-7
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    6And it came to pass, in their being there, the days were fulfilled for her bringing forth,

    7and she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and wrapped him up, and laid him down in the manger, because there was not for them a place in the guest-chamber.

  • Luke 2:20
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    20and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.

  • Luke 1:26-27
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    72%

    26And in the sixth month was the messenger Gabriel sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which `is' Nazareth,

    27to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name `is' Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin `is' Mary.

  • Luke 2:33
    71%

    33And Joseph and his mother were wondering at the things spoken concerning him,

  • Luke 2:11-12
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    11because there was born to you to-day a Saviour -- who is Christ the Lord -- in the city of David,

    12and this `is' to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.'

  • Matt 1:18
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    18And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,

  • Luke 2:39-41
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    39And when they finished all things, according to the Law of the Lord, they turned back to Galilee, to their city Nazareth;

    40and the child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

    41And his parents were going yearly to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover,

  • Luke 1:66-67
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    66and all who heard did lay them up in their hearts, saying, `What then shall this child be?' and the hand of the Lord was with him.

    67And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and did prophesy, saying,

  • Luke 1:13-15
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    70%

    13and the messenger said unto him, `Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

    14and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,

    15for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;

  • Luke 2:16-17
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    70%

    16And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,

    17and having seen, they made known abroad concerning the saying spoken to them concerning the child.

  • Luke 1:57
    69%

    57And to Elisabeth was the time fulfilled for her bringing forth, and she bare a son,

  • Matt 2:21
    69%

    21And he, having risen, took the child and his mother, and came to the land of Israel,

  • Luke 1:80
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    80And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

  • Luke 1:76
    69%

    76And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

  • Luke 1:35-36
    2 verses
    69%

    35And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

    36and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

  • Lev 12:3
    69%

    3and in the eighth day is the flesh of his foreskin circumcised;

  • Luke 1:41
    69%

    41And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

  • Matt 2:23
    68%

    23and coming, he dwelt in a city named Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophets, that `A Nazarene he shall be called.'

  • Mark 1:9
    68%

    9And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan;

  • Luke 2:43
    68%

    43and having finished the days, in their returning the child Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother did not know,

  • Luke 1:44
    68%

    44for, lo, when the voice of thy salutation came to my ears, leap in gladness did the babe in my womb;

  • Gen 21:4
    68%

    4and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, `being' a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him.

  • Luke 3:21
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    21And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened,