Add parallel Print Page Options

57 Upon Elizabeth’s full term to deliver, she gave birth to a son. 58 Her neighbors and relatives heard how Adonai had shown her His great mercy, and they began to rejoice with her.

59 Now on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child,[a] and they kept trying to call him by his father’s name, Zechariah.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:59 cf. Gen. 17:12; Lev. 12:3.

The Birth of John the Baptist

57 When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. 58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.

59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise(A) the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,

Read full chapter