He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.”
They all marveled.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 1:63 in context
Luke 1:60–66
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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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They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
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He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.”
They all marveled.
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His mouth was opened immediately and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.
65
Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.
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All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him.
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