Luke 1:60

60 And his mother answering, 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 neighbors and kinsfolks heard that the Lord had shewed his great mercy towards her: and they congratulated with her.

59 And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child: and they called him by his father’s name Zachary.

60 And his mother answering, said: Not so. But he shall be called John.

61 And they said to 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.