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Luke 1:59

World English Bible

On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

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Luke 1:59 in other translations

And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

Luke 1:59 · American Standard Version

Luke 1:59 in context

  1. 57Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.
  2. 58Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.
  3. 59On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
  4. 60His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”
  5. 61They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”