But his mother said, “No! His name is to be John.”
But the angel said to him, “Don't be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son. You are to name him John.
and commanded the prophet Nathan to name the boy Jedidiah, because the Lord loved him.
Some time later my wife became pregnant. When our son was born, the Lord said to me, “Name him ‘Quick-Loot-Fast-Plunder.’
Zechariah asked for a writing pad and wrote, “His name is John.” How surprised they all were!
But he had no sexual relations with her before she gave birth to her son. And Joseph named him Jesus.
They said to her, “But you don't have any relative with that name!”