Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
On the eighth day - This was the day on which it was required to circumcise children, Genesis 21:4.
And they called him Zacharias - The name of the child was commonly given at the time of the circumcision, Genesis 21:3-4. The name "commonly" given to the eldest son was that of the father.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Luke 1:59:
2 Samuel 12:24
Philippians 3:5
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