路加福音 1:62

62 他 們 就 向 他 父 親 打 手 式 ， 問 他 要 叫 這 孩 子 甚 麼 名 字 。

路加福音 1:62 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 1:62

And they made signs to his father
Who was deaf, as well as dumb; otherwise there would have been no occasion to have signs made to him: and so the word used, in ( Luke 1:20 ) signifies both deaf and dumb. These signs were made by hands or head; for such used to be made to a dumb man. According to the canon ^F17, a dumb man nods, and (zmrnw) "and is nodded", or "beckoned to": and which beckoning one of the commentators ^F18 says, is a sign which is expressed either by the hands or head. Such a method as these took with Zacharias, about the name of his son, is directed to in case of a father's deafness, in relation to knowing who is his firstborn; ^F19

``father that is dumb, they search or examine him in the way they search for divorces; if he makes signs, or writes, that this is his firstborn, lo! this takes the double portion.''

How he would have him called;
by what name, Zacharias or John; and they were right in applying to him, to whom it most properly belonged, to give a name to his child.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Misn. Gittin, c. 5. sect 7.
F18 Bartenora in ib.
F19 Maimon. Hitch. Nechalot, c. 2. sect. 15, & 4. 1.

路加福音 1:62 In-Context

60 他 母 親 說 ： 不 可 ！ 要 叫 他 約 翰 。

61 他 們 說 ： 你 親 族 中 沒 有 叫 這 名 字 的 。

62 他 們 就 向 他 父 親 打 手 式 ， 問 他 要 叫 這 孩 子 甚 麼 名 字 。

63 他 要 了 一 塊 寫 字 的 板 ， 就 寫 上 ， 說 ： 他 的 名 字 是 約 翰 。 他 們 便 都 希 奇 。

64 撒 迦 利 亞 的 口 立 時 開 了 ， 舌 頭 也 舒 展 了 ， 就 說 出 話 來 ， 稱 頌 神 。