Lukas 2:21

2:21 At ¹  the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel ²  before he was conceived in the womb.

Lukas 2:23

2:23 (just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male ³  will be set apart to the Lord” ⁴ ),

Lukas 23:29

23:29 For this is certain: ⁵  The days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’ ⁶ 

[2:21]  ¹ tn Grk “And when eight days were completed.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[2:21]  ² sn Jesus’ parents obeyed the angel as Zechariah and Elizabeth had (1:57-66). These events are taking place very much under God’s direction.

[2:23]  ³ tn Grk “every male that opens the womb” (an idiom for the firstborn male).

[2:23]  ⁴ sn An allusion to Exod 13:2, 12, 15.

[23:29]  ⁵ tn Grk “For behold.”

[23:29]  ⁶ tn Grk “Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the breasts that have not nursed!”

[23:29]  sn Normally barrenness is a sign of judgment, because birth would be seen as a sign of blessing. The reversal of imagery indicates that something was badly wrong.