Luke 1:60

60 And his mother answered and said , Not so; but he shall be called John.

Luke 1:60 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 1:60

And his mother answered and said
That is, Elisabeth:

not so, but he shall be called John;
knowing that this was the name wherewith the angel said he should be called; either by divine revelation, she being filled with the Holy Ghost, ( Luke 1:41 ) or by information of her husband, who, doubtless, in writing, gave her an account of all that the angel had said unto him.

Luke 1:60 In-Context

58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

59 And it came to pass , that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

60 And his mother answered and said , Not so; but he shall be called John.

61 And they said unto her , There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called .