But his mother declared, “No, he will be called John.”
But the angel said, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will give birth to your son, and you will name him John.
and He sent word by the hand of the prophet Nathan. So he called his name Jedidiah, for Adonai’s sake.
Then I went to the prophetess; and she conceived and bore a son. Then Adonai said to me: “Call his name Maher-shalal-hashbaz.
Asking for a small tablet, he wrote, “John is his name.” They were all astonished!
But he did not know her intimately until she had given birth to a Son. And he called His name Yeshua.
But they said to her, “No one among your relatives is called by this name.”
