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To: Verginius Rufus

Mary and Joseph were observant Jews, Jesus would have been circumcised when he was eight days old, Joseph would have named Him, and there would have been a sacrifice.
I have know idea what your dates are referring to, the family would have acted in accordance to the Law.


20 posted on 01/09/2014 2:39:05 PM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: svcw
Since we don't know the actual day of Jesus' birth, we don't know the 8th day or the 40rh day after that date. The Church, after fixing on December 25 as the date to celebrate the birth of Jesus, fixed the other two celebrations in keeping with that.

The rite of circumcision is supposed to date back to Abraham, hundreds of years before the first temple was built. All of the Israelite baby boys were supposed to be circumcised on the 8th day--there was no way to force families from all over the Holy Land to bring the newborn babies to Jerusalem for a ritual that could be just as well handled locally. Infant mortality was enough of a problem without aggravating it.

If you know of a passage in the Bible that says that circumcision had to be performed in the temple, please let me know where it is.

Moses failed to have his sons circumcised on the 8th day: see Exodus 4:25.

22 posted on 01/09/2014 3:30:43 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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