Cross references
Luke 2:21
When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.
Luke 2:21 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 17:12 (9 votes) and Leviticus 12:3 (9 votes). 13 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Genesis 17 to Colossians 2.
Which verses does Luke 2:21 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Genesis 17:129 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 12:39 votes
And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.
- Luke 1:318 votes
Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
- Luke 1:597 votes
On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
- Matthew 1:216 votes
She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
- Galatians 4:4–56 votes
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
- Matthew 3:155 votes
“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
- Philippians 2:85 votes
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.
- Matthew 1:254 votes
But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
Which verses point to Luke 2:21?
The 10 strongest of 13.