Luke 1:60
But the child's mother responded, “No! He is to be called John.”
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
In Context
61But they said to her, “There is no one among yoʋr relatives who has that name.”
Cross References
Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for yoʋr prayer has been heard. Yoʋr wife Elizabeth will bear yoʋ a son, and yoʋ shall name 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 →