And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zachariah, after the name of his father.
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Bede
AD 735
John’s circumcision clearly set forth an image of the Lord’s resurrection because it too occurred on the eighth day, that is, on the day after the sabbath. And just as the former was wont to release people from the punishable state of everlasting death, so the latter displayed the perfect newness of immortal life in our Creator, and revealed that it is to be hoped for in us.
