Luke 1:63
Zechariah motioned for something to write on. To everyone's surprise he wrote, “His name is John.”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
In Context
62Through gestures they asked Zechariah, the boy's father, what he wanted to call his son.
64Immediately he could speak again, and he started praising God.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:3Hold on to kindness and truth. Tie them around your neck; write them in your mind.
Jeremiah 17:1The sin of Judah is inscribed with an iron stylus, engraved with an adamant point, on their minds and on corners of their altars where they worship.
Luke 1:13But the angel told him, “Don't be afraid, Zechariah. Your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call him 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 →