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.


In Context

56 Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.

57 Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.

58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

59 It 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.

60 His mother answered, |Not so; but he will be called John.|

61 They said to her, |There is no one among your relatives who is called by this 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:59On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,

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 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.