Luke 1:57-63

⁵⁷When Elizabeth's time came, she gave birth to a son;

⁵⁸and her neighbours and relatives, hearing of the great goodness of the Lord to her, came to share her joy.

⁵⁹A week later they met to circumcise the child, and were about to call him Zechariah after his father,

⁶⁰when his mother spoke up, “No, he is to be called John.”

⁶¹“You have no relation of that name!” they exclaimed;

⁶²and they made signs to the child's father, to find out what he wished the child to be called.

⁶³Asking for a writing-tablet, he wrote the words — ‘His name is John.’ Everyone was surprised