Luke 1:59-66

59Now on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they kept trying to call him by his father’s name, Zechariah.

60But his mother declared, “No, he will be called John.”

61But they said to her, “No one among your relatives is called by this name.”

62So they began making signs to his father, as to what he wanted him named.

63Asking for a small tablet, he wrote, “John is his name.” They were all astonished!

64And his mouth was immediately unlocked as well as his tongue, and he began to speak, praising God.

65Fear came on all those who lived around them, and all these matters were talked about throughout the hill country of Judah.

66Everyone who heard pondered these things in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child become?” For the hand of Adonai was on him.