59 No oitavo dia, foram circuncidar o menino e o queriam chamar pelo nome de seu pai, Zacarias.

60 Mas sua mãe interveio: Não, disse ela, ele se chamará João.

61 Replicaram-lhe: Não há ninguém na tua família que se chame por este nome.

62 E perguntavam por acenos ao seu pai como queria que se chamasse.

63 Ele, pedindo uma tabuinha, escreveu nela as palavras: João é o seu nome. Todos ficaram pasmados.

64 E logo se lhe abriu a boca e soltou-se-lhe a língua e ele falou, bendizendo a Deus.

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.