Luke 1:62 - Plain English Version

⁶² So they made signs with their hands to his father, to ask him what name he wanted to give to the boy.

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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.

Luke 1:62 Cross References

Luke 1:22

Then Zekariah came out, and he tried to talk to them, but he couldn’t say anything. He had to make signs with his hands, and at last they understood that he saw something powerful in that room.

Luke 1:61

They said, “What? Nobody in your family has that name.”