A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons (Ζευγος τρυγονων η δυο νοσσους περιστερων). The offspring of the poor, costing about s…

And to offer a sacrifice, and so on. Those who were able on such an occasion were required to offer a lamb for a burnt offering and a pige…

A pair of turtle doves.—The law of Leviticus 12:8 allowed these to be substituted for the normal sacrifice of a lamb as a burnt-of…

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 that they might offer a sacrifice, this sacrifice belonged to the ceremony of purification, so that no one would suppose that…

And to offer a sacrifice
That is, when the time of purification came, the parents of our Lord brought him from Bethl…

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…