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Elizabeth Bears a Son, Who Is Named John. People Wonder What This Child Will Be

57 Now for Elizabeth, the time was fulfilled that she might give-birth, and she bore a son. 58 And the neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord magnified His mercy with her, and they were rejoicing-with her. 59 And it came about that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they[a] were calling[b] him Zechariah, on the basis of the name of his father.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:59 That is, the people at the ceremony.
  2. Luke 1:59 Or, were going to call.

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