Nazarene Commentary Luke 2:21-24 – Presenting the Baby to God

Luke 2:21-24 – Presenting the Baby to God

LK2:21 Now when eight days[1] had passed it was time for the infant to be circumcised and then to be named “Jesus” just as the angel had stated before he was even conceived in the womb. LK2:22 So when the period of their purification[2] [Leviticus 12:2] was completed according to the Law of Moses, they brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the LORD,[3] LK2:23 just as it has been written in YHWH’s law:[4] “Every male opening the womb will be called holy to the LORD.” [Exodus 13:2, 12,15] LK2:24 And so they offered a sacrifice according to what the Law of YHWH[5] states: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”[6] [Leviticus 12:8]

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[1] Eight days: The time when a baby’s blood coagulation is at its highest during life time.

[2] The period of their purification: Seven days. [Leviticus 12:2]

[3] The Lord: TO KYRIO.

[4] YHWH’s law: a Hebraism. [Exodus 13:9; 2 Chronicles 17:9; 34:14]

[5] The Law of YHWH: A Hebraism occurring first at 2 Kings 10:31. [Psalm 1:2; 19:7; 119:1]

[6] Pigeons: Indicating the family was poor

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BS notes: the real name of Jesus was really: Jeshua, Yeshua, Jehoshua and not “Issou” or “Jesus” what means Hail Zeus.

The names Joshua and Jeshua in Hebrew writing with “taggim” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Find in Dutch:

1. Zeus een heerser van hemel en aarde
2. Heil tot de gezondene van God of Zeus (About the relation of the imposed name for the son of God early in our Common Era)
3. Yahushua, Yehoshua, Yeshua, Jehoshua of Jeshua
4. Heer, Yahuwah, Yeshua of Yahushua
5. Is Jezus of Yeshua de beloofde Verlosser, de Messias?
6. Een Messias om te Sterven

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Preceding articles:

Nazarene Commentary Luke 1:26-38 – Gabriel’s Appearance to Mary

Nazarene Commentary Luke 2:1-7 – A Firstborn’s Birth In Bethlehem

Nazarene Commentary Luke 2:8-14 – Angels and Shepherds in the Night

Nazarene Commentary Luke 2:15-20 – Shepherds Find the Infant Christ

Next: Nazarene Commentary Luke 2:25-35 – Simeon’s Blessing and Warning

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Additional reading:

1. Hanukkahgiving or Thanksgivvukah
2. The wrong hero
3. Spelling Yahshuah (יהשע) vs Hebrew using Yehoshuah (יהושע)
4. Lord or Yahuwah, Yeshua or Yahushua
5. Jesus begotten Son of God #4 Promised Prophet and Saviour
6. About a man who changed history of humankind
7. Yeshua a man with a special personality
8. Jezus, Yeshua, Yahushua
9. Seeing Jesus
10. Christmas, Saturnalia and the birth of Jesus
11. Jesus begotten Son of God #1 Christmas and Christians
12. Jesus begotten Son of God #2 Christmas and pagan rites
13. Jesus begotten Son of God #3 Messiah or Anointed one
14. Jesus begotten Son of God #4 Promised Prophet and Saviour
15. Jesus begotten Son of God #9 Two millennia ago conceived or begotten
16. Jesus begotten Son of God #10 Coming down spirit or flesh seed of Eve
17. Deliverance and establishement of a theocracy
18. Ember and light the ransomed of Jehovah
19. The Acts Of The Sent Ones Chapter 1
20. Not all christians are followers of a Greco-Roman culture

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Please do find as well to read:

1. Will God’s People Be Stumbled By The Name Of Jehoshua?
2. Jesus – The Promised Messiah
3. Why can Jesus be translated to mean “hail Zeus”

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