Luke 1:62 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁶² And [so] they made [hand] signs to the [baby’s] father to find out what he wanted to name him.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶² And they inquired with signs to his father [as to] what he wanted to have him called.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁶² Then they began gesturing to his father to see what he wanted to call him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶² Then they made signs to his father, as to what he wanted him to be called.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Luke 1:62 Cross References

Luke 1:22

And when he [finally] came out, he was not able to talk to them. Then they realized he had seen a vision while in the Temple. So, he remained a mute and had to make [hand] signs to them [i.e., in order to be understood].

Luke 1:61

And they replied to her, “[But] there are not any of your relatives named that.”