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- 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: en:obe: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"