Bible verse

Luke 2:21

When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.

Luke 2:21 · BSB

Luke 2:21 in context

The verses around it, from Luke 2.

17 After they had seen the Child, they spread the message they had received about Him.

18 And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.

21 When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.

22 And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),

24 and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

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Luke 2:21 in other translations

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

ERV

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.

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