60. But Elizabeth said, “No! His name is John.”
61. The people argued, “No one in your family has ever been named John.”
62. So they motioned to Zechariah to find out what he wanted to name his son.
63. Zechariah asked for a writing tablet. Then he wrote, “His name is John.” Everyone was amazed.
64. Straight away Zechariah started speaking and praising God.
65. All the neighbours were frightened because of what had happened, and everywhere in the hill country people kept talking about these things.
66. Everyone who heard about this wondered what this child would grow up to be. They knew that the Lord was with him.