## Then, on the eighth day ##

"When the baby was eight days old" or AT: "Then, on the eighth day after the baby was born" (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeday]])

## they ##

AT: "Zechariah and Elizabeth's friends and relatives" or AT: "people."

## to circumcise the baby ##

"for the baby to be circumcised" or AT:  "for the baby's circumcision ceremony" One person circumcised the baby, and the others were there to celebrate with the family.

## they would have called him ##

"they were going to name him" or "they wanted to give him the name"

## after the name of his father ##

"his father's name" or AT: "like his father"

## by this name ##

"by that name"