59On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,


In Context

56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.

57 When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son.

58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.

59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,

60 but his mother spoke up and said, "No! He is to be called John."

61 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who has that name."

Luke 1:59 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:59And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:59And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him by his father's name Zachary.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:59And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:59And it came to pass on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called it after the name of his father, Zacharias.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:59And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:59And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:59It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:59And it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:59And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.