The Circumcision and Presentation of Jesus
21 When the eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus—the name given by the angel before he was conceived.
22 And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were finished, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
23 (just as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every firstborn male will be dedicated to the Lord)
24 and to offer a sacrifice (according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons).
Commentary
(the following is from Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary, 1706 -- www.christianity.com)
"Our Lord Jesus was not born in sin, and did not need that mortification of a corrupt nature, or that renewal unto holiness, which were signified by circumcision. This ordinance was, in his case, a pledge of his future perfect obedience to the whole law, in the midst of sufferings and temptations, even unto death for us. At the end of forty days, Mary went up to the temple to offer the appointed sacrifices for her purification. Joseph also presented the holy child Jesus, because, as a first-born son, he was to be presented to the Lord, and redeemed according to the law. Let us present our children to the Lord who gave them to us, beseeching him to redeem them from sin and death, and make them holy to himself."
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