Luke 1:62
Through gestures they asked Zechariah, the boy's father, what he wanted to call his son.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
In Context
61“But there's nobody among your relatives who has this name,” they told her.
63Zechariah motioned for something to write on. To everyone's surprise he wrote, “His name is John.”
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 →