Luke 1:59-63 and on the eighth day came to circumcise the child. They were going to call it by the name of its father Zechariah,

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵⁹ and on the eighth day came to circumcise the child. They were going to call it by the name of its father Zechariah, ⁶⁰ but the mother told them, "No, the child is to be called John." ⁶¹ They said to her, "None of your family is called by that name." ⁶² Then they made signs to the father, to find out what he wanted the child to be called, ⁶³ and he asked for a writing-tablet and wrote down, "His name is John," to the astonishment of all.