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Luke 1:59

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.

KJV

καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ ἦλθον περιτεμεῖν τὸ παιδίον, καὶ ἐκάλουν αὐτὸ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ Ζαχαρίαν.

Greek NT

Et factum est in die octavo, venerunt circumcidere puerum, et vocabant eum nomine patris sui Zachariam.

Vulgate

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 his father.

ASV

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.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Ζαχαρίας
zacharias
noun · 11×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
παιδίον
paidion
noun · 52×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
περιτέμνω
peritemno
verb · 17×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
o
article · 19778×
ὄγδοος
ogdoos
adjective · 5×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ | RP: ὀγδόῃ ἡμέρᾳ
  • ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃSBLGNT
  • ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὀγδόῃ ἡμέρᾳRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 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 thy seed.
  • Gen 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 thy seed.
  • Lev 12:3 — And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
  • Lev 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.
  • 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.
  • Luke 3:2 — Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
  • Phil 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;
  • Phil 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;