01.011. John The Baptist Is Born & His Father Zacharia Gives A Prophecy
John The Baptist Is Born & His Father Zacharia Gives A Prophecy
57Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she gave birth to a son.58Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had displayed His great mercy toward her; and they were rejoicing with her.59And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zacharias, after his father.60But his mother answered and said, “No indeed; but he shall be called John.”61And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by that name.”62And they made signs to his father, as to what he wanted him called.63And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, “His name is John.” And they were all astonished.64And at once his mouth was opened and his tongueloosed,and hebeganto speak in praise of God.65Fear came on all those living around them; and all these matters were being talked about in all the hill country of Judea.66All who heard them kept them in mind, saying, “What then will this childturn out tobe?” For the hand of the Lord was certainly with him.