Lukas 1:60

60 And in reply, his Em said: Lo, but he will be called Yochanan.

Lukas 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.

Lukas 1:60 In-Context

58 And Elisheva’s shchenim (neighbors) and krovim (relatives) heard that Adoneinu greatly demonstrated his rachamim to her, and they had much simcha with her.

59 And it came about on the yom hashemini (the eighth day) they came for the bris milah of the yeled, and they were calling him by the name of his abba, Zecharyah.

60 And in reply, his Em said: Lo, but he will be called Yochanan.

61 And they said to her, There is no one from your krovim who is called by this shem.

62 And they began motioning to the yeled’s abba to find out what shem he wanted to give him.