59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,

60 but his mother spoke up and said, "No! He is to be called John."

61 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who has that name."

62 Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child.

63 He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone's astonishment he wrote, "His name is John."

64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God.

59 ויהי ביום השמיני ויבאו למול את הילד ויקראו אתו זכריה על שם אביו׃

60 ותען אמו ותאמר לא כי יוחנן יקרא׃

61 ויאמרו אליה אין איש במשפחתך אשר נקרא בשם הזה׃

62 וירמזו אל אביו לדעת מה השם אשר יחפץ להקרא לו׃

63 וישאל לוח ויכתב עליו לאמר יוחנן שמו ויתמהו כלם׃

64 ויפתח פיו ולשונו פתאם וידבר ויברך את האלהים׃