I- Prepuce Engcwele, noma i- Holy . ( Latin præputium noma i- prepucium ), ingesinye sezinsalela eziningana ezashiwo uJesu, umkhiqizo wokusoka kukaJesu.Ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene emlandweni, amasonto amaningi eYurophu athi aphethe ijwabu likaJesu, kwesinye isikhathi ngasikhathi sinye. Kunikwe amandla ahlukahlukene okwenza izimangaliso. Zonke Jewish abafana kudingeka umthetho wamaJuda ukuba asokwe ngosuku lwesishiyagalombili elandelayo lokuzalwa kwabo; Umkhosi Wokusoka KukaKristu, osagubha amasonto amaningi emhlabeni wonke, ngokufanelekile ungoJanuwari 1.ULuka 2:21 (King James Version), ufundeka kanje: "Kwathi seziphelele izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili zokusoka kwengane, igama lakhe laqanjwa igama kwathiwa nguJESU, elabizwa kanjalo ngengilosi engakakhulelwa esibelethweni." Ukubhekiswa kokuqala kokusinda kwejwabu likaKristu elisikiwe kuvela esahlukweni sesibili se- Apocrypha ye- Arabic Infancy Gospel equkethe le ndaba elandelayo: Kwathi sesifikile isikhathi sokusoka, okungukuthi, usuku lwesishiyagalombili, lapho umthetho wayala ukuba umntwana asokwe, bamsoka emhumeni. Futhi isalukazi esingumHeberu sathatha ijwabu (abanye bathi bathatha inkaba-inkambo), baligcina ebhokisini le-alabhasta lamafutha amadala enadi. Wayenendodana eyayinenkinga yezidakamizwa, athi kuyo, "Qaphela ungathengisi leli bhodlela le-alabhaste lamafutha enadi, nakuba ubunganikelwa ngalo odenariyu abangamakhulu amathathu."