Luke 1:59 Cross References

Luke 1:59

59: When the baby was eight days old, all the relatives and friends came for the circumcision ceremony. They wanted to name him Zechariah, after his father.

Leviticus 12:3

  1. On the eighth day, the boy must be circumcised.

Genesis 17:12

  1. Every male child must be circumcised on the eighth day after his birth. This applies not only to members of your family, but also to the servants born in your household and the foreign-born servants whom you have purchased.

Philippians 3:5

  1. For I was circumcised when I was eight days old, having been born into a pure-blooded Jewish family that is a branch of the tribe of Benjamin. So I am a real Jew if there ever was one! What's more, I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law.

Luke 2:21

  1. Eight days later, when the baby was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel even before he was conceived.

Genesis 21:3

  1. And Abraham named his son Isaac.
  2. Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.

Acts 7:8

  1. God also gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision at that time. And so Isaac, Abraham's son, was circumcised when he was eight days old. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve patriarchs of the Jewish nation.
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