The days of their purification (α ημερα του καθαρισμου αυτων). The old manuscripts have "their" (αυτων) instead of "her" (αυτης) o…

Days of her purification. Among the Hebrews, a mother was required to remain at home for about forty days after the birth of a male child …

When the days of her purification . . .—The primary idea of the law of Leviticus 12:1-6 seems to have been that of witnes…

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

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St. Cyril of Alexandria: Next, after the circumcision, they wait for the time of purification, as it is said, And when the…

It is important to understand the sequence and background of these events. According to Jewish law a woman became ceremonially unclean on the birth…

And after that the days were fulfilled. On the fortieth day after the birth (Leviticus 12:2, 4), the rite of purification need…

And when the days of purification
Of the Virgin Mary, the mother of our Lord; though most copies read, "of their pur…

Our Lord Jesus was not born in sin, and did not need that mortification of a corrupt nature or that renewal to holiness, which were signified by ci…