Luke 1:63
and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, “John is his name”; and they all wondered;
Literal Standard 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
62and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called,
64and his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue, and he was speaking, praising God.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:3Do not let kindness and truth forsake you, || Bind them on your neck, || Write them on the tablet of your heart,
Jeremiah 17:1“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, || With the point of a diamond, || Engraved on the tablet of their heart, || And on the horns of your altars,
Luke 1:13and the messenger said to him, “Do not fear, Zacharias, for your supplication was heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you will call his name 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 →