60 But his mother said, “No! He will be named John.”
61 The people said to Elizabeth, “But no one in your family has this name!”
62 Then they made signs to his father, “What would you like to name him?”
63 Zechariah asked for something to write on. Then he wrote, “His name is John.” Everyone was surprised.
64 Then Zechariah could talk again. He began to praise God.
65 And all their neighbors became alarmed. In all the mountains of Judea people continued talking about all these things.
66 The people who heard about these things wondered about them. They thought, “What will this child be?” They said this because the Lord was with him.