Luke 1:60

60 His mother, however, said, "No, he is to 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 relatives heard how the Lord had had great compassion on her; and they rejoiced with her.

59 And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and were going to call him Zechariah, after his father.

60 His mother, however, said, "No, he is to be called John."

61 "There is not one of your family," they said, "who has that name."

62 They asked his father by signs what he wished him to be called.