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.
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass that on the eighth day,.... The precise time fixed in the normal restitution of the ordinance of circumcision, Gen 17:12 though this was not always attended to, but circumcision…
Barnes' Notes
On the eighth day - This was the day on which it was required to circumcise children, Gen 21:4. And they called him Zacharias - The name of the child was commonly given at the time of the…
Adam Clarke
On the eighth day they came to circumcise - See an account of this institution in the note on Gen 17:10-14 (note). Had circumcision been essential to an infant's salvation, God would not have ordered…
In these verses, we have,
I. The birth of John Baptist, Luk 1:57. Though he was conceived in the womb by miracle, he continued in the womb according to the ordinary course of nature (so did our…
Cambridge Bible
on the eighth day According to the ordinance of Gen 17:12; Lev 12:3; Php 3:5. The name was then given, because at the institution of circumcision the names of Abram and Sarai had been changed, Gen…
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