His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”
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His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”
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How be it his mother answered and sayd: not so but he shalbe called Ihon.
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But his mother answered, and saide, Not so, but he shalbe called Iohn.
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to Luke 1:60 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 1:13 But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
- 2 Samuel 12:25 and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh’s sake.
- Isaiah 8:3 I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Call his name ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’
- Matthew 1:25 and didn’t know her sexually until she had given birth to her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.
- Luke 1:63 He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 60 And his mother answered and said, Not so;…
60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
Ver. 60. He shall be called John] Bucer here observeth that he that was high priest when Solomon built the temple was called John, and that there was herein a sweet suitableness. Pulchre vero convenit, saith he, ut quo nomine sacerdos Salomonis typici, hoc et veri vocaretur; that the type and truth might accord in the very name.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And his mother answered and said,.... That is, Elisabeth:
And his mother answered and said,.... That is, Elisabeth:
not so, but he shall be called John; knowing that this was the name wherewith the angel said he should be called; either by divine revelation, she being filled with the Holy Ghost, Luk 1:41 or by information of her husband, who, doubtless, in writing, gave her an account of all that the angel had said unto him.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain His mother said - Doubtless by Revelation, or a…
His mother said - Doubtless by Revelation, or a particular impulse from God.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 60. Not so; but he shall be called…
Verse 60. Not so; but he shall be called John.] This is the name which the angel desired should be given him, Lu 1:13, and of which Zacharias by writing had informed his wife. There is something very remarkable in the names of this family. Zachariah, זכריהו the memory or memorial of Jehovah; יהו yeho, at the end of the word, being contracted for יהוה Yehovah, as in many other names. Elisabeth, אליסבה the Sabbath or rest of my strong God: names probably given them by their parents, to point out some remarkable circumstance in their conception or birth. And John, which should always be written Jehochanan or Yehochanan, יהוחנן the grace or mercy of Jehovah: so named, because he was to go before and proclaim the God of all grace, and the mercy granted through him to a lost world. See Joh 1:29; see also Lu 3:16, and Mr 1:4.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Shall be called John - This was the name…
Shall be called John - This was the name which the angel had said should be given to him, of which Zechariah had probably informed Elizabeth by writing.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 60. His mother answered—She had probably learned from Zacharias…
60. His mother answered—She had probably learned from Zacharias by writing what his name was commanded to be.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (60) Not so; but he shall be called John.—It…
(60) Not so; but he shall be called John.—It is obvious from what follows that the writing-tablet had been in frequent use, and in this way the husband must have told the wife of the name which had been given by the angel.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Not so; but he shall be called John. It…
Not so; but he shall be called John. It is clear (from verse 62) that the old priest was afflicted with deafness as well as with dumbness. At the naming ceremony, the stricken Zacharias, who was patiently awaiting the hour when his God should restore to him his lost powers, made no effort to express his will. He had already in the past months, no doubt, written down for Elisabeth the name of the boy that was to be born. She interrupts the ceremony with her wishes. The guests are surprised, and make signs to the father. He at once writes on his tablets, "His name is John." The name had been already given. The word "John" signifies "the grace of Jehovah."
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