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Luke 2:23 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Luke 2:23Greek Interlinear

Greek · Luke 2:2314 words
GreekMeaning
καθὼςkathōs
even aswordG2531
γέγραπταιgegraptai
it has been writtenverbG1125
ἐνen
in theprepositionG1722
νόμῳnomō
lawnounG3551
κυρίουkyriou
of the LordnounG2962
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
ΠᾶνPan
EveryadjectiveG3956
ἄρσενarsen
maleadjectiveG730
διανοῖγονdianoigon
openingverbG1272
μήτρανmētran
a wombnounG3388
ἅγιονhagion
holyadjectiveG40
τῷ
to thearticleG3588
κυρίῳkyriō
LordnounG2962
κληθήσεταιklēthēsetai
will be calledverbG2564
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Luke 2:23

Next after the circumcision they wait for the time of purification, as it is said, And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were come.

Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

If you diligently examine the words of the law, you will find indeed that the mother of God as she is free from all connection with man, so is she exempt from any obligation of the law. For not every woman who brings forth, but she who has received seed and brought forth, is pronounced unclean, and by the ordinances of the law is taught that she must be cleansed, in order to distinguish probably from her who though a virgin has conceived and brought forth. But that we might…

Bede · 8th century

Therefore the Evangelist has well observed, that the days of her purification were come according to the law, who since she had conceived of the Holy Spirit, was free from all uncleanness. It follows, They brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.

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