Luke 1:63

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He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, 'His name is John.' And they were all amazed.

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  • Luke 1:60 : 60 But his mother responded, 'No! He will be called John.'
  • Luke 1:13 : 13 But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John.
  • Isa 30:8 : 8 Now go, write it on a tablet before them and inscribe it in a book, so it will stand as a witness forever and ever.
  • Jer 17:1 : 1 The sin of Judah is written with an iron pen, engraved with a diamond point, on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
  • Hab 2:2 : 2 Then the LORD answered me and said: Write down the vision and make it plain on tablets so that a runner may read it clearly.
  • Prov 3:3 : 3 Let lovingkindness and truth never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

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