Luke 1:64
and his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue, and he was speaking, praising God.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
In Context
63and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, “John is his name”; and they all wondered;
Cross References
Exodus 4:15and you have spoken to him, and have set the words in his mouth, and I am with your mouth, and with his mouth, and have directed you that which you do;
Psalms 51:15O Lord, you open my lips, || And my mouth declares Your praise.
Isaiah 12:1And you have said in that day: “I thank you, O YHWH, || Though You have been angry with me, || Your anger turns back, || And You comfort me.
Ezekiel 3:27And in My speaking with you, I open your mouth, and you have said to them: Thus said Lord YHWH; the hearer hears, and the refrainer refrains; for they [are] a house of rebellion.”
Ezekiel 33:22And the hand of YHWH has been to me in the evening, before the coming in of the escaped one, and He opens my mouth until [his] coming to me in the morning, and my mouth is opened, and I have not been silent again.
Matthew 9:33and the demon having been cast out, the mute spoke, and the multitude wondered, saying that “It was never so seen in Israel,”
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 →