58 And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her,[a] and they rejoiced with her. 59 And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were wanting to name him after[b] his father Zechariah. 60 And his mother answered and[c] said, “No, but he will be named John.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:58 Literally “the Lord had made great his mercy with her”
  2. Luke 1:59 Literally “in the name of”
  3. Luke 1:60 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

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, 60 but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”(B)

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