When his mother interposed: "No, he is to be called John."
He made Mary his wife, but did not live with her as her husband until after the birth of her son; and to this son he gave the name Jesus.
But the angel said to him: " Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, whom you shall call by the name John.
"You have no relation of that name!" they exclaimed;
Asking for a writing-tablet, he wrote the words--'His name is John.' Every one was surprised;