Luke 1:59-66

59When the child was eight days old, people met together to circumcise him. They wanted to call the child Zechariah. This was the same name that his father had.

60Elizabeth said, ‘No. His name will be John.’

61They replied, ‘But you do not have anyone in your family called John. That cannot be right.’

62So they used their hands to make signs to the baby's father. They wanted to ask him what his son's name should be.

63Zechariah asked for something to write on. He wrote, ‘His name is John.’ Everyone was very surprised at what he wrote.

64Immediately, Zechariah could speak again. He could speak easily. He began to thank God aloud.

65The people who lived near Zechariah and Elizabeth were very surprised. They saw how great God was. Many people who lived in the hills of Judea also talked about all these things.

66Everyone who heard about these things thought about them. They asked each other, ‘When this child becomes a man, what will he be?’ They could see that God really was with him.