59 And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were wanting to name him afterLiterally "in the name of" his father Zechariah. 60 And his mother answered and*Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb said, "No, but he will be named John." 61 And they said to her, "There is no one of your relatives who is called by this name." 62 So they made signs to his father asking what he wanted him to be named, 63 and he asked for a writing tablet and*Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("asked for") has been translated as a finite verb wrote, saying, "John is his name." And they were all astonished.