“No,” Elizabeth said. “He shall be called John.”
so he sent a message through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah, because the Lord loved him.
Then I slept with my wife the prophetess, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. The Lord told me, “Call him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
Joseph married Mary, but did not sleep with her until after she had given birth to a son, whom he named Jesus.
But the angel told him, “Don't be afraid, Zechariah. Your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call him John.
“But there's nobody among your relatives who has this name,” they told her.
Zechariah motioned for something to write on. To everyone's surprise he wrote, “His name is John.”
