Luke 1:62

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him.

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  • Luke 1:22 : 22 And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.

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  • Luke 1:63-67
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    63 And he sent for writing materials and put down: His name is John; and they were all surprised.

    64 And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God.

    65 And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea.

    66 And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

    67 And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words:

  • Luke 1:57-61
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    57 Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

    58 And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.

    59 And on the eighth day they came to see to the circumcision of the child, and they would have given him the name of Zacharias, his father's name;

    60 But his mother made answer and said, No, his name is John.

    61 And they said, Not one of your relations has that name.

  • 21 And when, after eight days, the time came for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given to him before his birth.

  • Luke 1:12-18
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    12 And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him.

    13 But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

    14 And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

    15 For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

    16 And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

    17 And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

    18 And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

  • Luke 1:31-32
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    31 And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus.

    32 He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

  • 33 And his father and mother were full of wonder at the things which were said about him.

  • Luke 1:21-23
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    21 And the people were waiting for Zacharias and were surprised because he was in the Temple for such a long time.

    22 And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.

    23 And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house.

  • 76 And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

  • 36 Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.

  • 17 And when they saw it, they gave them an account of the things which had been said to them about the child.

  • Luke 2:27-28
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    27 And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law,

    28 Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,

  • 23 (As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),

  • 5 In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

  • 56 And her father and mother were full of wonder, but he gave orders to them to say nothing about it to anyone.

  • 26 And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

  • 25 And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.

  • 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

  • Luke 1:7-8
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    7 And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.

    8 Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,

  • 12 And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food.

  • Luke 2:47-48
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    47 And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at his knowledge and the answers which he gave.

    48 And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.

  • 44 For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy.

  • Matt 1:21-22
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    21 And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.

    22 Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

  • 22 And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

  • 41 And when the voice of Mary came to the ears of Elisabeth, the baby made a sudden move inside her; then Elisabeth was full of the Holy Spirit,

  • 9 And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.

  • 25 The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.

  • 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.

  • 18 And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things.

  • 16 And he said, What are you questioning them about?