Luke 2:23 — text, Greek, lexicon

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

suivant ce qui est écrit dans la loi du Seigneur: Tout mâle premier-né sera consacré au Seigneur, -

KJV

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

S. Paschatius Radbertus
On the Birth of the Virgin
in the law of the Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord" end quote (Luke 2:22-23). They say, look, when it says the days of her purification were completed, the evangelist shows she was subject to the law of nature and was defiled by impurities, an…
Ratramnus
On the Fact that Christ Was Born of a Virgin
alled holy to the Lord. Because every male child that opens the womb will be called holy to the Lord Luke 2:23. Mary the virgin truly gave birth to him, and the Savior came through her womb. As the firstborn, he opened it, not by violating the integrity of the womb, but by emptyi…
Fulgentius of Ruspe
Two unpublished sermons
written in the Law of the Lord, 'Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord'" (Luke 2:22-23). It's clear to all believers that the Redeemer's mother was untouched by any stain from his birth, as she didn't need purification by staying away from sacred places…

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