Now Elisabeth's time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and
she brought forth a son. And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard that
the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with
her.
And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise
the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of
his father.
And his mother answered and said, "Not so; but he shall be called
John."
And they said unto her, "There is none of thy kindred that is called
by this name."
And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, "His name is
John."
And they marvelled all. And his mouth was opened immediately, and his
tongue loosed, and he spake, blessing God.
And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these
sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judæa.
And all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What
then shall this child be?"
For the hand of the Lord was with him.