but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”
and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.
Then I made love to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.
They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.”
He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.”