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OET (OET-RV) [ref]When the baby was eight days old and hence the time for his circumcision, he was given the name Yeshua as instructed by God’s messenger even before he was conceived in the womb.
OET-LV And when eight days were_fulfilled which to_circumcise him, also the name of_him was_called Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), which having_been_called by the messenger before the time him to_be_conceived in the womb.
SR-GNT Καὶ ὅτε ἐπλήσθησαν ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ τοῦ περιτεμεῖν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ˚Ἰησοῦς, τὸ κληθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου πρὸ τοῦ συλλημφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ. ‡
(Kai hote eplaʸsthaʸsan haʸmerai oktō tou peritemein auton, kai eklaʸthaʸ to onoma autou ˚Yaʸsous, to klaʸthen hupo tou angelou pro tou sullaʸmfthaʸnai auton en taʸ koilia.)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT And when eight days had been fulfilled to circumcise him, then his name was called Jesus, which he had been called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
UST On the eighth day after the baby was born, they circumcised him and gave him the name Jesus. This was the name that the angel had told them to give him even before Mary had become pregnant with him.
BSB When [the] eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given [Him] before He was conceived
MSB When [the] eight days before His[fn] circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given [Him] before He was conceived
2:21 GOC and TR the Child’s
BLB And when eight days to circumcise Him were fulfilled, then His name was called Jesus, which He had been called by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.
AICNT And when eight days were completed for circumcising {him},[fn] his name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
2:21, him: Some manuscripts read “the child.” D(05) Latin(e) Syriac(sys syc) TR
OEB ¶ Eight days after the birth of the child, when it was time to circumcise him, he received the name Jesus – the name given him by the angel before his conception.
WEBBE When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
WMBB When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Yeshua, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
NET At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
LSV 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.
FBV After eight days, the time came for the baby to be circumcised, and he was named Jesus. This was the name given to him by the angel before he had even been conceived.
TCNT When the eight days were completed for [fn]his circumcision, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
2:21 his ¦ the child's ANT TR
T4T Seven days later, when the priests circumcised the baby, his parents named him Jesus. That was the name that they were told by the angel {the angel told them} to give him before Mary became pregnant.
LEB No LEB LUKE book available
BBE And when, after eight days, the time came for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given to him before his birth.
Moff No Moff LUKE book available
Wymth When eight days had passed and the time for circumcising Him had come, He was called JESUS, the name given Him by the angel before His conception 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.
DRA And after eight days were accomplished, that the child should be circumcised, his name was called JESUS, which was called by 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.
Drby 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.
RV 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.
SLT And when eight days were completed for circumcising the child and his name was called JESUS, called by the messenger before he was conceived in the womb.
Wbstr And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, who was so named by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
KJB-1769 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.
KJB-1611 And when eight dayes were accomplished for the circumcising of the childe, his name was called Iesus, which was so named of the Angel before he was conceiued in the wombe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)
Bshps No Bshps LUKE book available
Gnva And when the eight daies were accomplished, that they shoulde circumcise the childe, his name was then called Iesus, which was named of the Angell, before he was conceiued in the wombe.
(And when the eight days were accomplished, that they should circumcise the child, his name was then called Yesus/Yeshua, which was named of the Angel, before he was conceived in the womb. )
Cvdl No Cvdl LUKE book available
TNT And when the eyght daye was come that the chylde shuld be circucised his name was called Iesus which was named of the angell before he was conceaved in the wombe.
(And when the eight day was come that the child should be circucised his name was called Yesus/Yeshua which was named of the angel before he was conceaved in the womb. )
Wycl No Wycl LUKE book available
Luth No Luth LUKE book available
ClVg Et postquam consummati sunt dies octo, ut circumcideretur puer, vocatum est nomen ejus Jesus, quod vocatum est ab angelo priusquam in utero conciperetur.
(And after consummati are days eight, as circumcideretur child, called it_is name his Yesus, that called it_is away messenger/angel before in/into/on the_womb conciperetur. )
UGNT καὶ ὅτε ἐπλήσθησαν ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ τοῦ περιτεμεῖν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦς, τὸ κληθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου πρὸ τοῦ συνλημφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ.
(kai hote eplaʸsthaʸsan haʸmerai oktō tou peritemein auton, kai eklaʸthaʸ to onoma autou Yaʸsous, to klaʸthen hupo tou angelou pro tou sunlaʸmfthaʸnai auton en taʸ koilia.)
SBL-GNT Καὶ ὅτε ἐπλήσθησαν ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ τοῦ περιτεμεῖν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦς, τὸ κληθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου πρὸ τοῦ συλλημφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ.
(Kai hote eplaʸsthaʸsan haʸmerai oktō tou peritemein auton, kai eklaʸthaʸ to onoma autou Yaʸsous, to klaʸthen hupo tou angelou pro tou sullaʸmfthaʸnai auton en taʸ koilia.)
RP-GNT Καὶ ὅτε ἐπλήσθησαν ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ τοῦ περιτεμεῖν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦς, τὸ κληθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου πρὸ τοῦ συλληφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ.
(Kai hote eplaʸsthaʸsan haʸmerai oktō tou peritemein auton, kai eklaʸthaʸ to onoma autou Yaʸsous, to klaʸthen hupo tou angelou pro tou sullaʸfthaʸnai auton en taʸ koilia.)
TC-GNT Καὶ ὅτε ἐπλήσθησαν [fn]ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ τοῦ περιτεμεῖν [fn]αὐτόν, καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦς, τὸ κληθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου πρὸ τοῦ [fn]συλληφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ.
(Kai hote eplaʸsthaʸsan haʸmerai oktō tou peritemein auton, kai eklaʸthaʸ to onoma autou Yaʸsous, to klaʸthen hupo tou angelou pro tou sullaʸfthaʸnai auton en taʸ koilia. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
2:21 Eight days later . . . circumcised: See study note on 1:59.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ὅτε ἐπλήσθησαν ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ τοῦ περιτεμεῖν αὐτόν
when ˓were˒_fulfilled days eight ¬which ˓to˒_circumcise him
The law that God gave to Jewish believers told them to circumcise a baby boy on the eighth day of his life. As in [1:59](../01/59.md), the day on which the baby was born was considered to be the first day. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could translate this expression according to the way your own culture reckons time. Alternate translation: [when the baby was one week old, and according to the Jewish law it was time to circumcise him]
Note 2 topic: writing-newevent
ὅτε ἐπλήσθησαν ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ
when ˓were˒_fulfilled days eight
This time reference also introduces a new event. Alternate translation: [after eight days had gone by] or [when the baby was one week old]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐπλήσθησαν ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ
˓were˒_fulfilled days eight
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form. Alternate translation: [after eight days had gone by] or [when the baby was one week old]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦς
˓was˒_called the name ˱of˲_him Jesus
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form, and you could state who did the action. Alternate translation: [his parents Joseph and Mary named him Jesus]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦς
˓was˒_called the name ˱of˲_him Jesus
As in 1:13, to “call a name” is an idiom that means to give a child a name. Alternate translation: [his parents Joseph and Mary named him Jesus]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
τὸ κληθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου
the which ˓having_been˒_called by the angel
If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this with an active form. Alternate translation: [which was the name that the angel had told Mary to give him]
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo
πρὸ τοῦ συνλημφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ
before the_‹time› (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ὅτε ἐπλήσθησαν ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ τοῦ περιτεμεῖν αὐτόν καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦς τὸ κληθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου πρὸ τοῦ συλλημφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ)
In your language, it might seem that the phrase conceived in the womb expresses unnecessary extra information. If so, you could abbreviate it. Alternate translation: [before he was conceived]