Luke 2:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Luke 2:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Eight days ... - This was the regular time for performing the rite of circumcision, Genesis 17:12 . Called Jesus - See the notes at Matthew 1:21 .
Luke 2:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(3) 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. (3) Christ, the head of t...
Luke 2:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Circumcision and Presentation of Jesus. When the babe is a week old He is circumcised and named, and when He is a month old His parents take Him to the Temple in Jerusalem for the double rite o...
Luke 2:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

eight days, &c.: i.e. on the last and great day of the Feast of Tabernacles ( John 7:37 ). accomplished . fulfilled. See Leviticus 12:3 . name . Supply the logical Ellipsis thus: "[Then...
Luke 2:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21. That the child might be circumcised As to circumcision in general, the reader may consult the Book of Genesis, ( Genesis 17:10 .) At present, it will be sufficient to state briefly what...
Luke 2:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1474 THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST 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 befor...
Luke 2:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. When eight days were accomplis...
Luke 2:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When eight days were accomplished— Among the Jews it was reckoned dishonourableto keep company with persons uncircumcised: Acts 11:3 wherefore, to render Jesus acceptable to the Jews, to fit him...
Luke 2:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. And when eight days we...
Luke 2:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Birth and Childhood of Jesus 1-5. The census of Quirinius. There are two historical difficulties in connexion with St. Luke's mention of the census of Quirinius: (1) There is no direct evidence, e...
Luke 2:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When eight days were accomplished... — Hence the Feast of the Circumcision in the Church Calendar comes on January 1st, and so, not without design, perhaps, came to coincide with the beginning of t...
Luke 2:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS. Luke 2:8-21 THE Gospel of St. Mark omits entirely the Nativity, passing at once to the words and miracles of His public ministry. St. John, too, dismi...
Luke 2:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Welcomed; Named; Presented Luke 2:15-24 From April till the autumn the flocks pastured at night in the open fields, from which it seems probable that our Lord must have been born earlier or lat...
Luke 2:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jesus was born in Bethlehem, under the yoke of an oppressor. Moreover, by the exigency of the circumstances, He was born amid the homeless crowd. This was according to the divine arrangement and fore...
Luke 2:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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. (22) And when the days of...
Luke 2:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME ‘And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the Child, His name was called Jesus.’ Luke 2:21 The passage narrates how our Lord was circumcised an...
Luke 2:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child ,.... According to the original institution of circumcision, Genesis 17:12 and which was strictly observed by religious pers...
Luke 2:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 21. For the circumcis...
Luke 2:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And when eight days were accomplished That is, not when the eighth day was ended, but when it was come: for the circumcising of the child A ceremony which the law of Moses required to be performe...
Luke 2:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE BIRTH OF THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-7) God in His sovereign wisdom and power at this time ordered the events of man's government to accomplish His own will. Caesar Augustus decreed that all the wor...
Luke 2:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ Presented in the Temple. 21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JES...
Luke 2:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The time prescribed by the Divine law for circumcision was the eighth day. Genesis 17:12 Leviticus 12:3 . He was indeed the lawgiver, and as such not tied to the observance of the law. But he wa...
Luke 2:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called JESUS, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.' On the eighth day after His birth Jesus wa...
Luke 2:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 2:21 . The child .—The best MSS. read “Him.” Luke 2:22 . Her purification .—The true reading is, “ their purification” (R.V.). The mother was ceremonially unclean by chil...
Luke 2:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 2:1-9 . And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of...
Luke 2:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:1 . It came to pass in those days, when John was born, and when the Roman emperor, Augustus Cæsar, filled the throne, and was in the thirty first year of his reign, that, a decree was issue...
Luke 2:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

For the circumcising of the Child Circumcision and baptism The teaching of Jewish circumcision resembles the teaching of Christian baptism. Both exhibit the putting away of the filth of the fl...
Luke 2:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 2:1-42 The Redeemer's birth . Luke 2:1 There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed ; more accurately, that there should be a r...
Luke 2:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before He was conceived in the womb. By His ancestry and birth,...
Luke 2:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 4:4 ; Galatians 4:5 ; Genesis 17:12 ; Leviticus 12:3 ; Luke 1:31 ; Luke 1:59 ; Matthew 1:21 ; Matthew 1:25 ; Matthew 3:15 ; Philippians 2:8
Luke 2:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Seven Magnificats Selections from Luke 1:1-80 and Luke 2:1-52 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the annunciation of the birth of Chri...
Luke 2:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To circumcise the child — That he might visibly be made under the law by a sacred rite, which obliged him to keep the whole law; as also that he might be owned to be the seed of Abraham, and might...

Luke 2:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 2:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Luke 2:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 2:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Luke 2:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 2:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 2:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 2:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 2:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 2:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 2:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 2:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 2:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 2:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 2:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 2:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 2:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 2:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 2:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 2:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 2:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 2:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Luke 2:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes