59 And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and were going to call him Zechariah, after his father.

60 His mother, however, said, »No, he is to be called John.«

61 »There is not one of your family,« they said, »who has that name.«

62 They asked his father by signs what he wished him to be called.

63 So he asked for a writing-tablet, and wrote, »His name is John.« And they all wondered.

64 Instantly his mouth and his tongue were set free, and he began to speak and bless God.