Lucas 1

John is named

59 So it was, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child,*‘The eighth day’—two different blood clotting agents, vitamin K and prothrombin, are at their highest level (110% of normal) on the eighth day of a person’s life, so it is the best of all days for minor surgery. Who but the Creator knew that 4000 years ago, when He told Abraham to do it? and they started calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias. 60 His mother reacted and said, "Absolutely not;*She was emphatic! he shall be called John!" 61 So they said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name." 62 So they started motioning to his father, as to what he would have him called. 63 Asking for a writing tablet he wrote this: "His name is to be John!" They all marveled. 64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue freed and he started to speak, blessing God.