Luke 2:22

When the required number of days for their purification had passed, according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary + 2:22 The proper names Joseph and Mary were not in the original text, and are supplied for the reader from the third person plural verb. brought him up to the temple in Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.

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And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;

In Context

21When it was the end of the eighth day, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name he had been given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

23As it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb will be set apart to the Lord.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 12:1Yahweh said to Moses,

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:22-25

Christ Presented in the Temple. 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. 22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; 23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) 24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which… Read the whole commentary →

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