Luke 1:61
59 On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
- KJV
- And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
- WEB
- They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”
- ASV
- And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
- DARBY
- And they said to her, There is no one among thy kinsfolk who is called by this name.
- BLB
- And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”
- ÅB
- Og de sa til henne: Men det er jo ingen i din slekt som har dette navn.
- OTB
- De sa til henne, “Men ingen av dine slektninger har det navnet.”
- B1930
- Og de sa til henne: Men det er jo ingen i din ætt som har dette navn.