Asking for a writing-tablet, he wrote the words--'His name is John.' Every one was surprised;
Jesus was surprised to hear this, and said to those who were following him: "Never I tell you, in any Israelite have I met with such faith as this!
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.
When his mother interposed: "No, he is to be called John."