Luke 2:23 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 2:23

(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

(as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),

KJV

(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

For no union with man disclosed the secrets of the virgin's womb, but the Holy Spirit infused the immaculate seed into an inviolate womb. He then who sanctified another womb in order that a prophet should be born, He it is who has opened the womb of His own mother, that the Immaculate should come forth.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

As it is written in the law of the Lord,.... In Exo 13:2. every male that openeth the womb, shall be called holy to the Lord; that is, devoted and consecrated to him, and so to be redeemed.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Christ was the first-born among many brethren, and was called holy to the Lord, so as never any other was; yet he was presented to the Lord as other first-born were, and no otherwise.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

It was in obedience to this "law of Moses," that the Virgin presented her babe unto the Lord, "in the east gate of the court called Nicanor's Gate, where she herself would be sprinkled by the priest with the blood of her sacrifice" [LIGHTFOOT].

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
γέγραπται	gegraptai	it has been written	G1125 →
ἐν	en	in [the]	G1722 →
νόμῳ	nomō	law	G3551 →
κυρίου	kuriou	of [the] Lord	G2962 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
πᾶν	pan	Every	G3956 →
ἄρσεν	arsen	male	G730 →
διανοῖγον	dianoigon	opening	G1272 →
μήτραν	mētran	a womb	G3388 →
ἅγιον	hagion	holy	G40 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
κυρίῳ	kuriō	Lord	G2962 →
κληθήσεται·	klēthēsetai	will be called;	G2564 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 34:19
The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.
leads to
- Exodus 13:2
  “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
  Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 22:29
  You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Exodus 13:2
“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
leads to
- Numbers 3:13
  for all the firstborn are Mine. On the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They are…
- Deuteronomy 15:19
  You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to…
- Exodus 22:29–30
  You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
- Numbers 8:16–17
  For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of…
- Numbers 18:15
  The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.
Through
Numbers 3:13
for all the firstborn are Mine. On the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They are…
leads to
- Exodus 13:12
  you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.