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Luke 1:60 KJV
Luke · chapter 1 · verse 60
And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.Luke 1:60 · King James Version
Luke 1:60 in context
58And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
59And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
60And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
61And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
62And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- mothermētēra mother, metaph. the source of something, the motherlandG3384 →
- calledkaleōto call, to call aloud, utter in a loud voice, to invite, to callG2564 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
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In these verses, we have, I. The birth of John Baptist, Luk 1:57. Though he was conceived in the womb by miracle, he continued in the womb according to the ordinary course of nature (so did our Saviour): Elisabeth's full time came, that she should be delivered, and then she brought forth a son.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 57-66