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His Name Is Called Jesus

21 And when eight days were fulfilled that they might circumcise Him, His name was indeed called Jesus— the name having been named by the angel before[a] He was conceived in the womb.

The Parents Bring Jesus To The Temple To Redeem Him Before The Lord

22 And when the days of their purification according to the Law of Moses were fulfilled[b], they brought Him up to Jerusalem so as to present Him to the Lord 23 just as it has been written in the Law of the Lord [in Ex 13:2], that “every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”;

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:21 In other words, the Child’s Father chose His name.
  2. Luke 2:22 That is, after 33 more days, Lev 12:1-8.

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