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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:22

Days of her purification - Among the Hebrews a mother was required to remain at home for about forty days after the birth of a male child and about eighty for a female, and during that time she was reckoned as impure - that is, she was not permitted to go to the temple or to engage in religious services with the congregation, Leviticus 12:3-4.To Jerusalem - The place where the temple was, and where the ordinances of religion were celebrated.To present him to the Lord - Every first-born male... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:23

As it is written ... - Exodus 13:2. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 2:24

And to offer a sacrifice ... - Those who were able on such an occasion were required to offer a lamb for a burnt-offering, and a pigeon or a turtle-dove for a sin-offering. If not able to bring a “lamb,” then they were permitted to bring two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, Leviticus 12:6, Leviticus 12:8.Turtle-doves - Doves distinguished for having a plaintive and tender voice. By Mary’s making this offering she showed her poverty; and our Saviour, by coming in a state of poverty, has shown... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:21

Luke 2:21. And when eight days were accomplished That is, not when the eighth day was ended, but when it was come: for the circumcising of the child A ceremony which the law of Moses required to be performed on every male child at that age, and to which Christ was made subject, that he might wear the badge of a child of Abraham, and that he might visibly be made under the law by a sacred rite, which obliged him to keep the whole law. It is true, he had not any corruptions of nature to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 2:22-24

Luke 2:22-24. When the days of her purification were accomplished “It appears, from Leviticus 12:1-6, that for the first seven days, every woman who had borne a child, was considered as unclean in so great a degree, that whoever touched or conversed with her was polluted. For thirty-three days more, she was still, though in an inferior degree, unclean, because she could not all that time partake in the solemnities of public worship. At the conclusion of this term, she was commanded to bring... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 2:21-24

9. Temple ceremonies in Jerusalem (Luke 2:21-24)After Jesus was born, his parents were required to carry out three ceremonies according to the law of Moses. The first of these was circumcision (Luke 2:21; see note on Luke 1:59).For the second ceremony Mary and Joseph made the ten kilometre journey to Jerusalem, where they went to the temple to present their firstborn to God. Ever since God saved Israel’s firstborn at the time of the original Passover, the firstborn of all Israel’s people and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:21

eight days, &c.: i.e. on the last and great day of the Feast of Tabernacles (John 7:37 ). accomplished = fulfilled. See Leviticus 12:3 . name . Supply the logical Ellipsis thus: "[Then they circumcised Him] and called His Name", &c. Only four named before birth: Ishmael, Isaac, John, and the Lord. JESUS. See note on Matthew 1:21 . App-98 . X of = by. Greek. hupo, as in Luke 2:13 . before. Greek. pro. App-104 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 2:22

the days: i.e. forty days after the birth of a son (eighty after a daughter). See Leviticus 12:2-4 her = their. So all the texts; i.e. Joseph and Mary. according to. Greek. kata. App-104 . See Exodus 13:12 ; Exodus 22:29 ; Exodus 34:19 . Numbers 3:12 , Numbers 3:13 , Numbers 18:15 . the law . Mentioned five times in this chapter, oftener than all the rest of Luke, to show the truth of Galatians 1:4 , Galatians 1:4 . Him = brought Him up. to. Greek. eis. App-104 . present, &c. Exodus... read more

E.W. Bullinger