Luke 1:57–66

John Is Born

⁵⁷Now the time ¹had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she gave birth to a son.

⁵⁸Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had ^1adisplayed His great mercy toward her; and they were rejoicing with her.

⁵⁹And it happened that on ^athe eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zacharias, ¹after his father.

⁶⁰But his mother answered and said, “No indeed; but ^ahe shall be called John.”

⁶¹And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by that name.”

⁶²And they ^amade signs to his father, as to what he wanted him called.

⁶³And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, “^aHis name is John.” And they were all astonished.

^64aAnd at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak in praise of God.

⁶⁵Fear came on all those living around them; and all these matters were being talked about in all ^athe hill country of Judea.

⁶⁶All who heard them kept them in mind, saying, “What then will this child turn out to be?” For ^athe hand of the Lord was certainly with him.