"And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all." — Luke 1:63

Luke 1:63 · KJV

“And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.”

— Luke 1:63

Verse 62

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

Verse 64

And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue {loosed}, and he spake, and praised God.

Luke 1 — Context

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

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

And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue {loosed}, and he spake, and praised God.

And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea. {sayings: or, things}

Cross References

Luke 1:60

And his mother answered and said, Not {so}; but he shall be called John.

Isaiah 30:8

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: {the...: Heb. the latter day}

Luke 1:13

But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

Jeremiah 17:1

The sin of Judah {is} written with a pen of iron, {and} with the point of a diamond: {it is} graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; {point: Heb. nail}

Habakkuk 2:2

And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make {it} plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

Proverbs 3:3

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: