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 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,

60 and his mother answering said, No, but he shall be called John.

61 And they said unto her -- There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,

62 and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called,

63 and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, John is his name; and they did all wonder;

64 and his mouth was opened presently, and his tongue, and he was speaking, praising God.