And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
and his mother answering said, `No, but he shall be called John.'
And his mother answering said, No; but he shall be called John.
Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches6
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.
Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
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So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
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2 Samuel 12:25and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.
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But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all…
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Luke 1:63Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
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Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
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Voices4
But since in John there was no place for a name according to human designation, therefore there follows the naming according to prophetic revelation in Elizabeth, when it is said: And his mother answering said: Not so, but he shall be called John. And this …
The holy Evangelist has especially remarked, that many thought the child should be called after his father Zacharias, in order that we might understand, not that any name of his kinsfolk was displeasing to his mother, but that the same word had been communicated to her by the Holy Spirit, which had been foretold by the Angel to Zacharias. And in truth, being dumb, Zacharias was unable to mention his son's name to his wife, but Elisabeth obtained by prophecy what she had not learnt from her husband. Hence it follows, And she answered, &c.
Ambrose of Milan· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 397patristic
And his mother answered and said,.... That is, Elisabeth: not so, but he shall be called John; knowing that this was the name wherewith the angel said he should be called; either by divine revelation, she being filled with the Holy Ghost, Luk 1:41 or by information of her husband, who, doubtless, in writing, gave her an account of all that the angel had said unto him.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
Not so; but he shall be called John - This is the name which the angel desired should be given him, Luk 1:13, and of which Zacharias by writing had informed his wife. There is something very remarkable in the names of this family. Zachariah, זכריהו the memory or memorial of Jehovah; יהו yeho, at the end of the word, being contracted for יהוה Yehovah, as in many other names. Elisabeth, אליסבה the Sabbath or rest of my strong God: names probably given them by their parents, to point out some remarkable circumstance in their conception or birth.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
