World English Bible
Luke 1:59
“It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.”
Verse in context — Luke 1
57
Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.
58
Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.
59
It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.
60
His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John.
61
They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.
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