Luke 1:59
“And it came to passe that on the eight day they came to circumcise the childe, and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.”
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Luke 1:59 Context
57Now Elizabeths full time came, that shee should be deliuered, and shee brought foorth a sonne. 58And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy vpon her, and they reioyced with her. 59And it came to passe that on the eight day they came to circumcise the childe, and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. 60And his mother answered, and said, Not so, but he shalbe called Iohn. 61And they said vnto her, There is none of thy kinred that is called by this name.
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Other Translations for Luke 1:59
And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
- King James Version
And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zacharias, after his father.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And on the eighth day they came to see to the circumcision of the child, and they would have given him the name of Zacharias, his father's name;
- Basic English Bible
And it came to pass on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called it after the name of his father, Zacharias.
- Darby Bible
And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
- Webster's Bible
And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and were going to call him Zechariah, after his father.
- Weymouth Bible
It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.
- World English Bible
And it was don in the eiyte dai, thei camen to circumcide the child; and thei clepiden hym Zacarie, bi the name of his fadir.
- Wycliffe Bible
And it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias,
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Luke 1:59
Lu 1:59 On the eighth day. On the eighth day male Jewish children were circumcised and named (Ge 17:12). The kinsmen present called the child after his father's name, a common Jewish custom, but Elizabeth protested that his name should be John, that given by the angel. The matter was referred to the father.