Study it in the app“And when eight days were completed for his circumcision, his name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.”
AndΚαὶwhenὅτεeightὀκτὼdaysἡμέραιwere completedἐπλήσθησανfor his circumcision,τοῦ περιτεμεῖν αὐτόνhis nameτὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦwas calledκαὶ ἐκλήθηJesus,Ἰησοῦςthe nameτὸgivenκληθὲνbyὑπὸthe angelτοῦ ἀγγέλουbeforeπρὸheαὐτὸνwas conceivedτοῦ συλλημφθῆναιinἐνthe womb.τῇ κοιλίᾳ
eight
Eight.
Where else “oktō” appearsday
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmerai” appearsbe fulfilled
For the time to come, or what was foretold to happen.
Where else “eplēsthēsan” appearscircumcise
Circumcise.
Where else “peritemein” appearsname
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onoma” appearscall
To give someone a name.
Where else “eklēthē” appearsJesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appearsangel
A messenger from heaven who serves God.
Where else “angelou” appearsconceive
To begin to carry a child in the womb.
Where else “syllēmphthēnai” appearswomb
The place where a mother carries her child before birth.
Where else “koiliai” appears20And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.
21 · This verse (above)
22And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
1. What it says
What sign does the angel give the shepherds to recognize the child, and what do they do afterward? (vv. 10-20)
2. What it means
What do Simeon and Anna say about the child, and why do their words amaze Joseph and Mary? (vv. 25-38)
3. How I live it
Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart (v. 19). What could you keep and ponder this week?
