59 And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

60 But his mother answering said, Nay, but he shall be called John.

61 And they said to her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

62 And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

63 And asking for a writing-tablet, he wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

64 And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, praising God.