Luke 1:62
And they signed to his father (to show) how he willed they should call him.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
In Context
61And they said to her, No man in thy kindred is called by this name.
63And he requested a tablet, and wrote, and said, Juchanan is his name. And every man wondered.
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 →