Cross references
Luke 1:59
On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
Luke 1:59 has 6 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 17:12 (8 votes) and Leviticus 12:3 (7 votes). 7 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Genesis 17 to Philippians 3.
Which verses does Luke 1:59 point to?
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- Genesis 17:128 votes
Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
- Leviticus 12:37 votes
And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.
- Luke 2:215 votes
When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.
- Philippians 3:55 votes
circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
- Genesis 21:3–42 votes
And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him. When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
- Acts 7:82 votes
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
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