Luke 1:62
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Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child.
Read Luke 1:62 Using Other Translations
And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called.
So they used gestures to ask the baby’s father what he wanted to name him.
What does Luke 1:62 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Luke 1:62
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.
FOOTNOTES:
F17 Misn. Gittin, c. 5. sect 7.
F18 Bartenora in ib.
F19 Maimon. Hitch. Nechalot, c. 2. sect. 15, & 4. 1.
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.
F17 Misn. Gittin, c. 5. sect 7.
F18 Bartenora in ib.
F19 Maimon. Hitch. Nechalot, c. 2. sect. 15, & 4. 1.
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