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Luk 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		Luk 2:21; Gen 17:12; Gen 21:3,4; Lev 12:3; Act 7:8; Phl 3:5

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	Luk 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.
	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 21:3	And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
	Gen 21:4	And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
	Lev 12:3	And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
	Act 7:8	And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob; and Jacob [begat] the twelve patriarchs.
	Phl 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;

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Scott, Thomas. "Luke 1:59," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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