Luke 1:59 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And it happened on the eighth day [i.e., since the baby was born] that they came to circumcise the child [i.e., to perform the Jewish rite of identity, signifying the responsibility to observe the Law of Moses]. And they [i.e., probably the neighbors and/or relatives of Elizabeth and Zacharias] suggested that they name him Zacharias, after his father. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And it occurred that on the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were intending to call him Zachariah after his father, [Gen. 17:12; Lev. 12:3.] American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. Common English Bible On the eighth day, it came time to circumcise the child. They wanted to name him Zechariah because that was his father’s name. Catholic Public Domain Version And it happened that, on the eighth day, they arrived to circumcise the boy, and they called him by his father's name, Zechariah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him by his father's name Zachary. |
Eight days later it was time to circumcise Jesus [i.e., to perform the Jewish rite of identity, signifying the responsibility to observe the Law of Moses], and they named Him Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before He was [even] conceived.
And God gave Abraham the Agreement which required circumcision [as an identifying mark] so when Abraham fathered Isaac he circumcised him when he was eight days old. Then Isaac had a son, Jacob; and Jacob had [as sons] the twelve patriarchs [i.e., ruling fathers of families].
[I was] circumcised eight days after I was born; [I am] from the nation of Israelites; from the tribe of Benjamin and of Hebrew ancestry [i.e., an outstanding Hebrew]. As far as the Law of Moses is concerned, [I am] a Pharisee [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion].