57. Now the time that Elisheva should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.
58. Her neighbours and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.
59. On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zechariah, after the name of his father.
60. His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called Yochanan.”
61. They said to her, “There is no one amongst your relatives who is called by this name.”
62. They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
63. He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is Yochanan.”They all marvelled.
64. 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.
66. 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.
67. His father, Zechariah, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
68. “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,for he has visited and redeemed his people;
69. and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
70. (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),
71. salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;