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# Now it happened
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This phrase is used here to mark a break in the main story line. Here Luke starts to tell a new part of the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-newevent]])
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# on the eighth day
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Here "eighth day" refers to the time after the birth of the baby, counted from the first day, which was the day he was born. Alternate translation: "on the eighth day of the baby's life" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal]])
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# they came to circumcise the child
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This was often a ceremony where one person circumcised the baby and friends were there to celebrate with the family. Alternate translation: "they came for the baby's circumcision ceremony" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# They would have called him
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"They were going to name him" or "They wanted to give him the name"
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# after the name of his father
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"his father's name"
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