Luke 1:59 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵⁹And 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.

Luke 1:59 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 17:12
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
Leviticus 12:3
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
Luke 2:21
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.
Philippians 3:5
Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
Genesis 21:3-4
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. …

Topics

Children Circumcision Covenant Disease Elisabeth (elizabeth)Sanitation Zacharias (zechariah)

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 57-66)

In these verses, we have, I. The birth of John Baptist, Luke 1:57. Though he was conceived in the womb by miracle, he continued in the womb according to the ordinary course of nature (so did our Saviour): Elisabeth’s full time came, that she should be delivered, and then she brought forth a son. Promised mercies are to be expected when the full time for them is come, and not before. II. The great…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 59)

59. eighth day--The law (Ge 17:12) was observed, even though the eighth day after birth should be a sabbath (Joh 7:23; and see Php 3:5). called him--literally, “were calling”--that is, (as we should say) “were for calling.” The naming of children at baptism has its origin in the Jewish custom at circumcision (Ge 21:3, 4); and the names of Abram and Sarai were changed at its first performance (Ge 1…