Luke 2:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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 they circumcised Him] and called His Name", &c. Only four named before birth: Ishmael, Isaac, John, and the Lord.

JESUS. See note on Matthew 1:21. App-98. X

of. by. Greek. hupo, as in Luke 2:13.

before. Greek. pro. App-104.

Luke 2:21

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.