Luke 1:62

And they made signs to his father, to know what he wished him to be called.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.

In Context

61And they said to her: There is no one among your relatives that is called by this name.

63And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying: His name is John. And they were all astonished.

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Matthew Henry on Luke 1:58-67

The Birth of John the Baptist. 57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. 58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had showed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. 59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. 60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. 61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that… Read the whole commentary →

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