Luke 2
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Luke 2:21-24

21And whenG3753 1eightG3638 daysG2250 were completedG4092 2so that it was time for His circumcisionG4059, 3He was alsoG2532 namedG2564G3686 JesusG2424, the name givenG2564 by the angelG32 beforeG4253 He was conceivedG4815 in the wombG2836.

224And whenG3753 the daysG2250 for 5their purificationG2512 accordingG2596 to the LawG3551 of MosesG3475 were completedG4092, they broughtG321 Him upG321 to JerusalemG2414 to presentG3936 Him to the LordG2962 23(as it is writtenG1125 in the LawG3551 of the LordG2962: “6EveryG3956 firstborn maleG733 that opensG1272 the wombG3388 shall be calledG2564 holyG40 to the LordG2962”), 24and to offerG1325 a sacrificeG2378 accordingG2596 to what has been statedG3004 in the LawG3551 of the LordG2962: “7A pairG2201 of turtledovesG5167 orG2228 twoG1417 youngG3556 dovesG4058.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Luke 2:21 Gen 17:12; Lev 12:3; Luke 1:59 ↩
  2. 2. Luke 2:21 Lit so as to circumcise Him ↩
  3. 3. Luke 2:21 Matt 1:21, 25; Luke 1:31 ↩
  4. 4. Luke 2:22 Lev 12:6-8 ↩
  5. 5. Luke 2:22 I.e., Mary’s, with Joseph’s support ↩
  6. 6. Luke 2:23 Ex 13:2, 12; Num 3:13; 8:17 ↩
  7. 7. Luke 2:24 Lev 5:11; 12:8 ↩

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