2007-03-26 05:47:13 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I dont know the answer. I just thought of the question. From the answers it seems as though we are just assuming based on traditions of the time. Also I thought circumcizing was still practiced..
2007-03-26 05:54:43 · update #1
We do some of you say why does it matter, or why do I care. Its just a question I wanted to ask. Dont answer if you dont want. And for the person with the bible quote, thank you. Thats what I wanted to know.
2007-03-26 05:56:07 · update #2
Luke 2:21 When the child was eight days old, he was circumcised. At the same time he was named Jesus. This was the name the angel had given him before his mother became pregnant.
22 The time for making them pure came as it is written in the Law of Moses. So Joseph and Mary took Jesus to Jerusalem. There they presented him to the Lord. 23 In the Law of the Lord it says, “The first boy born in every family must be set apart for the Lord.” 24 They also offered a sacrifice. They did it in keeping with the Law, which says, “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.”
...39 Joseph and Mary DID EVERYTHING the Law of the Lord required. Then they returned to Galilee. They went to their own town of Nazareth.
2007-03-26 05:56:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only accounts we have of Jesus that appear to date anywhere never his actual lifetime are the gospel of Matthew, Mark and Luke.
Luke, in the introduction to his gospel, claims that he took the time to check out the events he records, talking to the original participants and all. It appears that one of the people he inteviewed was Mary the mother of Jesus, as he presents many details about Jesus birth and childhood not found elsewhere.
One of those details is in Luke 2:21, where Luke records the circumcism of Jesus.
2007-03-26 13:05:29 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible states that when the young boy was eight days old he was circumcised to be in compliance with the Mosaic Law.
Jesus Christ fulfilled all the laws of Moses and fulfilled all the ordinances for righteousness sake, including baptism by immersion and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost.
2007-03-26 12:57:11 · answer #3 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb. (Luke 2:21)
2007-03-26 12:56:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was in Abraham's Faith. So, he was circumcised, like all the Holy Prophets since Adam. The object is to follow the Nature's Hygiene for men.
The Nature's Hygiene for both Male and Female is to shave the hair in the arm pit and pubic area.
2007-03-26 12:59:42 · answer #5 · answered by sunamwal 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was the custom of those days, so I would say yes He was. On the 8th day the infant boy was circumcized.
2007-03-26 12:55:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was raised according to Jewish tradition. And since every Jewish male since Abraham was to be circumcised, it can only be assumed that Jesus was circumcised.
2007-03-26 13:58:10 · answer #7 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Luke 2:21 says in my translation anyway... "When the boy was 8 days old he was circumcised and was named Jesus..."
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2007-03-26 12:53:22 · answer #8 · answered by Grace Q 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jewish tradition suggests that he was named and circumcised on the eighth day after his birth, and I believe that is mentioned in one of the Gospel accounts (I think its Matthew).
2007-03-26 12:51:59 · answer #9 · answered by DwayneWayne 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
since Jesus was Jewish we can be sure that He was circumcised--all Jewish males are circumcised when they're 8 days old; it's a religious thing
2007-03-26 13:03:54 · answer #10 · answered by wanda3s48 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋