Luke 1:59 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵⁹ And it came to be, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child. And they were calling him by the name of his father, Zeḵaryah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵⁹ 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

⁵⁹ 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)

⁵⁹ 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

⁵⁹ 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

⁵⁹ 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

⁵⁹ 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.

Luke 1:59 Cross References

Genesis 17:12

“And a son of eight days is circumcised by you, every male child in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with silver from any foreigner who is not of your seed.

Leviticus 12:3

‘And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin is circumcised.

Luke 2:21

And when eight days were completed for Him to be circumcised, His Name was called יהושע, the Name given by the messenger before He was conceived in the womb.

Acts 7:8

“And He gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he brought forth Yitsḥaq and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Yitsḥaq brought forth Ya‛aqoḇ, and Ya‛aqoḇ brought forth the twelve ancestors.

Philippians 3:5

circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Yisra’ĕl, of the tribe of Binyamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews, according to Torah a Pharisee,