On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 1:59 in context
Luke 1:56–62
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Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.
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Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.
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Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.
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On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
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His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”
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They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”
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They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
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