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What does Luke 2:21 mean?

Eight days later, when it was time to circumcise the baby, he was named Jesus—the name the angel had given him before he was conceived. Luke 2:21 - Modern Text Bible

(Jesus is formally named and marked as part of God's people, just as the angel instructed.)