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.