Luke 1:59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,

◄ Luke 1:59 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,

English Standard Version
And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father,

New American Standard Bible
And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zacharias, after his father.

King James Bible
And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When they came to circumcise the child on the eighth day, they were going to name him Zechariah, after his father.

International Standard Version
On the eighth day they went to circumcise the child. They were going to name him Zechariah after his father,

American Standard Version
And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him by his father's name Zachary.

Darby Bible Translation
And it came to pass on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called it after the name of his father, Zacharias.

Young's Literal Translation
And it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias,

Cross References

Genesis 17:12
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of your seed.

Leviticus 12:3
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

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 before he was conceived in the womb.

Philippians 3:5
Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

Jump to Previous

Child Circumcise Circumcision Eighth Father's Zacharias Zechariah Zechari'ah

Jump to Next

Child Circumcise Circumcision Eighth Father's Zacharias Zechariah Zechari'ah

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

1:57-66 In these verses we have an account of the birth of John the Baptist, and the great joy among all the relations of the family. He shall be called Johanan, or Gracious, because he shall bring in the gospel of Christ, wherein God's grace shines most bright. Zacharias recovered his speech. Unbelief closed his mouth, and believing opened it again: he believers, therefore he speaks. When God opens our lips, our mouths must show forth his praise; and better be without speech, than not use it in praising God. It is said, The hand of the Lord was working with John. God has ways of working on children in their infancy, which we cannot account for. We should observe the dealings of God, and wait the event.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

59. eighth day—The law (Ge 17:12) was observed, even though the eighth day after birth should be a sabbath (Joh 7:23; and see Php 3:5).

called him—literally, "were calling"—that is, (as we should say) "were for calling." The naming of children at baptism has its origin in the Jewish custom at circumcision (Ge 21:3, 4); and the names of Abram and Sarai were changed at its first performance (Ge 17:5, 15).