Luke 1:63
He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John [Yah is gracious].” They all marveled.
One Unity Resource Bible
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
62They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
64His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:3Don’t let chesed ·loving-kindness· and truth forsake you. 2 Bind them around your neck. 2 Write them on the tablet of your heart. 1
Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias [Remembered by Yah], because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth [My God oath], will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John [Yah is gracious].
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 →