Luke 1:60

Good News Translation

But his mother said, "No! His name is to be John."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But his mother responded, “No. He will be called John.”

King James Version (1611)
And his mother answered, and said, Not so, but he shalbe called Iohn.

King James Version
And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

English Standard Version
but his mother answered, "No; he shall be called John."

New American Standard Bible
And yet his mother responded and said, "No indeed; but he shall be called John."

New Century Version
but his mother said, "No! He will be named John."

Amplified Bible
but his mother answered, "No indeed; instead he will be called John."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But his mother answered and said, "No indeed; but he shall be called John."

Legacy Standard Bible
But his mother answered and said, "No, but he shall be called John."

Berean Standard Bible
But his mother replied, "No! He shall be called John."

Contemporary English Version
But Elizabeth said, "No! His name is John."

Complete Jewish Bible
when his mother spoke up and said, "No, he is to be called Yochanan."

Darby Translation
And his mother answering said, No; but he shall be called John.

Easy-to-Read Version
But his mother said, "No, he will be named John."

Geneva Bible (1587)
But his mother answered, and saide, Not so, but he shalbe called Iohn.

George Lamsa Translation
And his mother answered and said to them, Not so; but he should be called John.

Lexham English Bible
And his mother answered and said, "No, but he will be named John."

Literal Translation
And his mother answered, saying, Not so, but he shall be called John.

American Standard Version
And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

Bible in Basic English
But his mother made answer and said, No, his name is John.

Hebrew Names Version
His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called Yochanan."

International Standard Version
but his mother said, "Absolutely not! He must be named John."Luke 1:13;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And his mother answered and said to them, Not so; but he shall be called Juchanon.

Murdock Translation
And his mother answered and said: Not so; but John, shall he be called.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And his mother aunswered, and said: not so, but he shalbe called Iohn.

English Revised Version
And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

World English Bible
His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But his mother answering said, Nay, but he shall be called John.

Weymouth's New Testament
His mother, however, said, "No, he is to be called John."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And his moder answeride, and seide, Nay, but he schal be clepid Joon.

Update Bible Version
And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

Webster's Bible Translation
And his mother answered and said, Not [so]; but he shall be called John.

New English Translation
But his mother replied, "No! He must be named John."

New King James Version
His mother answered and said, "No; he shall be called John."

New Living Translation
But Elizabeth said, "No! His name is John!"

New Life Bible
But his mother said, "No! His name is John."

New Revised Standard
But his mother said, "No; he is to be called John."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And his mother, answering, said - Nay! but he shall be called, John.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And his mother answering, said: Not so. But he shall be called John.

Revised Standard Version
but his mother said, "Not so; he shall be called John."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
How be it his mother answered and sayd: not so but he shalbe called Ihon.

Young's Literal Translation
and his mother answering said, `No, but he shall be called John.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And his mother answered, and sayde: No, but he shalbe called Ihon.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and said, no, he shall be called John.

Simplified Cowboy Version
but Elizabeth said his name would be John.

Contextual Overview

⁵⁷ The time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son. ⁵⁸ Her neighbors and relatives heard how wonderfully good the Lord had been to her, and they all rejoiced with her. ⁵⁹ When the baby was a week old, they came to circumcise him, and they were going to name him Zechariah, after his father. ⁶⁰ But his mother said, "No! His name is to be John." ⁶¹ They said to her, "But you don't have any relative with that name!" ⁶² Then they made signs to his father, asking him what name he would like the boy to have. ⁶³ Zechariah asked for a writing pad and wrote, "His name is John." How surprised they all were! ⁶⁴ At that moment Zechariah was able to speak again, and he started praising God. ⁶⁵ The neighbors were all filled with fear, and the news about these things spread through all the hill country of Judea. ⁶⁶ Everyone who heard of it thought about it and asked, "What is this child going to be?" For it was plain that the Lord's power was upon him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Not: Luke 1:13, 2 Samuel 12:25, Isaiah 8:3, Matthew 1:25

Reciprocal: Luke 1:63 - His Acts 10:14 - Not

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his mother answered and said,.... That is, Elisabeth:

not so, but he shall be called John; knowing that this was the name wherewith the angel said he should be called; either by divine revelation, she being filled with the Holy Ghost, Luke 1:41 or by information of her husband, who, doubtless, in writing, gave her an account of all that the angel had said unto him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall be called John - This was the name which the angel had said should be given to him, of which Zechariah had probably informed Elizabeth by writing.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 60. Not so; but he shall be called John. — This is the name which the angel desired should be given him, Luke 1:13, and of which Zacharias by writing had informed his wife. There is something very remarkable in the names of this family. Zachariah, זכריהו the memory or memorial of Jehovah; יהו yeho, at the end of the word, being contracted for יהוה Yehovah, as in many other names. Elisabeth, אליסבה the Sabbath or rest of my strong God: names probably given them by their parents, to point out some remarkable circumstance in their conception or birth. And John, which should always be written Jehochanan or Yehochanan, יהוחנן the grace or mercy of Jehovah: so named, because he was to go before and proclaim the God of all grace, and the mercy granted through him to a lost world. See John 1:29; see also Luke 3:16, and Mark 1:4.