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 of purifying the mother (Leviticus 12), and redeeming the child as a firstborn (Exodus 13:2; Exodus 13:12). They are too poor to offer a lamb.
Luke 2:22. their: Syr. Sin. has her, which is probably right. Neither the father nor the child was unclean according to the Law. The alteration (of her to their) is due to the difficulty of supposing the Virgin to need Levitical purification. Some MSS. even read his. to Jerusalem. There was no command about bringing the firstborn to the Temple, though parents living near Jerusalem would do so.