KJV: 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.
YLT: And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, then was his name called Jesus, having been so called by the messenger before his being conceived in the womb.
Darby: And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb.
ASV: And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called JESUS, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
| ἐπλήσθησαν | were fulfilled |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Plural Root: πίμπλημι Sense: to fill. |
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| ἡμέραι | days |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Plural Root: ἡμέρα Sense: the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night. |
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| ὀκτὼ | eight |
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Parse: Adjective, Nominative Feminine Plural Root: ὀκτώ Sense: eight. |
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| τοῦ | - |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Neuter Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| περιτεμεῖν | to circumcise |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Active Root: περιτέμνω Sense: to cut around. |
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| ἐκλήθη | was called |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: καλέω Sense: to call. |
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| ὄνομα | name |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: ὄνομα Sense: name: univ. |
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| αὐτοῦ | of Him |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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| Ἰησοῦς | Jesus |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: Ἰησοῦς Sense: Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses’ successor. |
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| κληθὲν | He had been called |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Passive, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: καλέω Sense: to call. |
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| ἀγγέλου | angel |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ἄγγελος Sense: a messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from God. |
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| πρὸ | before |
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Parse: Preposition Root: πρό Sense: before. |
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| συλλημφθῆναι | was conceived |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Passive Root: συλλαμβάνω Sense: to seize, take: one as prisoner. |
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| κοιλίᾳ | womb |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: κοιλία Sense: the whole belly, the entire cavity. |
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Greek Commentary for Luke 2:21
The και kai is left untranslated or has the sense of “then” in the apodosis. The naming was a part of the ceremony of circumcision as is shown also in the case of John the Baptist (Luke 1:59-66). [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 2:21
Luke uses this word eleven times and it occurs only five other times in the N.T. It is a very old and common Greek word. He alone in the N.T. has it for conceiving offspring (Luke 1:24, Luke 1:31, Luke 1:36; Luke 2:21) though James 1:15 uses it of lust producing sin. Hobart (Medical Language of Luke, p. 91) observes that Luke has almost as many words for pregnancy and barrenness as Hippocrates (εν γαστρι εχειν en gastri echein Luke 21:23; εγκυος egkuos Luke 2:5; στειρα steira Luke 1:7; ατεκνος ateknos Luke 20:28). [source]
Και Kai as in Luke 2:21. Αυτος Autos emphatic subject, he after the parents. [source]
“I have more ground for boasting than he” and Paul proceeds to prove it in the rest of Phlippians 3:5, Phlippians 3:6. Circumcised the eighth day (περιτομηι οκταημερος peritomēi oktaēmeros). “In circumcision (locative case) an eighth day man.” Use of the ordinal with persons like τεταρταιος tetartaios (John 11:39). Ishmaelites were circumcised in the thirteenth year, proselytes from Gentiles in mature age, Jews on the eighth day (Luke 2:21). Of the stock of Israel Of the original stock, not a proselyte. Benjamin (ενιαμιν Beniamin). Son of the right hand (that is, left-handed), son of Rachel. The first King, Saul (Paul‘s own Hebrew name) was from this little tribe. The battle cry of Israel was “After thee, O Benjamin” (Judges 5:14). A Hebrew of the Hebrews Of Hebrew parents who retained the characteristic qualities in language and custom as distinct from the Hellenistic Jews (Acts 6:1). Paul was from Tarsus and knew Greek as well as Aramaic (Acts 21:40; Acts 22:2) and Hebrew, but he had not become Hellenized. A Pharisee (Παρισαιος Pharisaios). In distinction from the Sadducees (Galatians 1:14) and he continued a Pharisee in many essential matters like the doctrine of the resurrection (Acts 23:6). Cf. 2 Corinthians 11:22. [source]
“In circumcision (locative case) an eighth day man.” Use of the ordinal with persons like τεταρταιος tetartaios (John 11:39). Ishmaelites were circumcised in the thirteenth year, proselytes from Gentiles in mature age, Jews on the eighth day (Luke 2:21). [source]