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Luke 1:59 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Luke 1:59 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Luke chapter 1 verse 59 to related passages throughout the 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.”
Luke 1:59 (KJV)
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Commentary on Luke 1:59
The eighth-day circumcision demonstrates Zacharias and Elisabeth's covenant faithfulness, maintaining God's command from Abraham (Gen 17:12). The community's assumption that the child would be named Zacharias follows custom of naming after the father, showing how tradition can conflict with divine instruction. This sets up the dramatic moment when Elisabeth contradicts convention to obey God's specific command (v60). The circumcision ritual, incorporating the child into the covenant community, takes on special significance for the last and greatest prophet who would call Israel to covenant ren...
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Cross-References for Luke 1:59
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“every male throughout your generations”
“And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.”
“of the stock of Israel”
“his name was called Jesus”
“whom Sarah bore to him”
“and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob”