59. Now on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they kept trying to call him by his father’s name, Zechariah.
60. But his mother declared, “No, he will be called John.”
61. But they said to her, “No one among your relatives is called by this name.”
62. So they began making signs to his father, as to what he wanted him named.
63. Asking for a small tablet, he wrote, “John is his name.” They were all astonished!
64. And his mouth was immediately unlocked as well as his tongue, and he began to speak, praising God.
65. Fear came on all those who lived around them, and all these matters were talked about throughout the hill country of Judah.
66. Everyone who heard pondered these things in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child become?” For the hand of Adonai was on him.
67. His father Zechariah was filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh and prophesied, saying,
68. “Blessed be Adonai, God of Israel, for He has looked after His people and brought them redemption.