Luke 1:57-66
Chapter 1
Her neighbors and relatives heard that the merciful Lord had done a wonderful thing for her, and they rejoiced with her.
When they came to attend the child’s circumcision on the eighth day, they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.
But his mother said:
“Not so; he shall be called John.”
They told her:
“But no one in your family has that name!”
and they gestured to his father to indicate the name he wanted to give him.
Zechariah asked for a writing tablet and wrote:
“His name is John.”
They were very surprised.
Immediately, Zechariah could speak again, and his first words were in praise of God.
A deep reverence fell on everyone in the neighborhood and across the hill country of Judea, as people talked about these events.
All who heard about it reflected and asked:
“What will this child be?”
Because they recognized that the Lord’s hand was with him.