Luke 1:63-66

This year we are covering the four Gospel Accounts together in chronological order.

In the previous post, we covered Luke 1:56-62. Here was the conclusion:

Mary left Elisabeth shortly before John the Baptist was born. Those who performed the circumcision wanted to name him Zacharias, but Elisabeth said to name him John. They didn't want to listen to her, so they turned to Zacharias to find out the name of his son...


Luke 1
"63 And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all."

(Zacharias confirmed what Elisabeth said: His name is John. This caused all the people to marvel.)

"64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, blessing God."

(Zacharias was able to speak immediately after doing what Gabriel told him to do: name his son John. When Zacharias could speak, he blessed God.)

"65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea."

(People became aware of these events and made other people aware...which was one reason why Luke was able to find out about this decades later.)

"66 And all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him."

(Not only was everyone aware of these events, but the people wondered what John would grow up to accomplish because they knew the hand of the Lord was with him. John grew up in an environment where the people had high expectations of him.)


CONCLUSION
Zacharias confirmed what Elisabeth had stated: their son's name was John. Zacharias was immediately able to speak and the people began to wonder what John would grow up to accomplish.

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