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Luke 1:61-64
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Luke 1:61-64
The Message
61-62 “But,” they said, “no one in your family is named that.” They used sign language to ask Zachariah what he wanted him named.
63-64 Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, “His name is to be John.” That took everyone by surprise. Surprise followed surprise—Zachariah’s mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God!
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Luke 1:61-63
New International Version
Luke 1:61-63
New International Version
61 They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.”
62 Then they made signs(A) to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. 63 He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.”(B)
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