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THE MESSAGE
Luke 1:63
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He asked for a writing tablet and wrote: “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is Iohn: and they marueiled all.
And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And they all wondered.
And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, "His name is John." And they were all amazed.
Zechariah asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John," and everyone was surprised.
And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote as follows, "His name is John." And they were all astonished.
And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, "His name is John." And they were all astonished.
And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, "His name is John." And they all marveled.
Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And they were all amazed.
Zechariah asked for a writing tablet. Then he wrote, "His name is John." Everyone was amazed.
He motioned for a writing tablet, and to everyone's surprise he wrote, "His name is Yochanan."
And having asked for a writing-table, he wrote saying, John is his name. And they all wondered.
Zechariah asked for something to write on. Then he wrote, "His name is John." Everyone was surprised.
So hee asked for writing tables, and wrote, saying, His name is Iohn, and they marueiled all.
And he asked for a tablet and wrote, saying, John is his name. And every one was surprised.
Zechariah asked for a writing pad and wrote, "His name is John." How surprised they all were!
and he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, saying, "John is his name." And they were all astonished.
And asking for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, John is his name. And all marveled.
And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
And he sent for writing materials and put down: His name is John; and they were all surprised.
He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is Yochanan." They all marveled.
He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And everyone was amazed.Luke 1:13;">[xr]
And he requested a tablet, and wrote, and said, Juchanan is his name. And every man wondered.
And he asked for a tablet, and wrote, and said: John is his name. And every one was surprised.
And he asked for wrytyng tables, and wrote, saying, his name is Iohn. And they marueyled all.
And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marveled all.
He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." They all marveled.
And asking for a writing-tablet, he wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
So he asked for a writing-tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." And they all wondered.
And he axynge a poyntil, wroot, seiynge, Joon is his name.
And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they all marveled.
And he asked for a writing-table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they all wondered.
He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And they were all amazed.
And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, "His name is John." So they all marveled.
He motioned for a writing tablet, and to everyone's surprise he wrote, "His name is John."
He asked for something to write on. He wrote, "His name is John." They were all surprised and wondered about it.
He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And all of them were amazed.
And, asking for a small tablet, he wrote, saying - John, is his name! and they marvelled all.
And demanding a writing table, he wrote, saying: John is his name. And they all wondered.
And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." And they all marveled.
And he axed for wrytynge tables and wroote saying: his name is Iohn. And they marvelled all.
and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, `John is his name;' and they did all wonder;
And he axed for wrytinge tables, wrote & sayde: His name is Ihon. And they marueyled all.
then he made signs for a writing-book, and writ these words, "his name is John:" at which they were all surprized.
Zechariah motioned for something to write on. Then he wrote, "His name is John." Nobody could believe it. This was highly unusual.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
a: Proverbs 3:3, Isaiah 30:8, Jeremiah 17:1, Habakkuk 2:2
His: Luke 1:13, Luke 1:60
Reciprocal: Genesis 16:11 - shalt Hosea 1:4 - Call Luke 1:20 - thou shalt
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he asked for a writing table,.... That is, he made signs for one, for as yet he could not speak. The Persic version renders it "ink", and the Ethiopic, a book, and the Vulgate Latin, a notebook. The word signifies "a little table", such as they used to write not only "upon", but "in"; and was sometimes of brass t, sometimes of wood, and sometimes of wax u, on which they wrote with a style or pen;
and wrote, saying, his name is John: not that he must be, or shall be, so called; but this is his name, and no other; being what the angel had given him before his conception, and Zacharias now confirms:
and they marvelled all; they were astonished, not so much at the new name brought into the family, as at the agreement between Elisabeth and Zacharias in this point, when the latter was both deaf and dumb; they knowing nothing, as yet, of the angel's message to him.
t Haryocration. Lex. p. 244. u Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 2. c. 30.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He asked - That is, by signs.
A writing table - The table denoted by this word was usually made of wood and covered with wax. The ancients used to write on such tables, as they had not the use of paper. The instrument used for writing was an iron pen or style, by which they marked on the wax which covered the table. Sometimes the writing-table was made entirely of lead.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 63. A writing table — Ïινακιδιον, a tablet, a diminutive of Ïιναξ, a table. "The boys in Barbary are taught to write upon a smooth thin board, slightly daubed over with whiting, which may be rubbed off or renewed at pleasure. Such probably (for the Jewish children use the same) was the little board, or writing table, as we render it Luke 1:63, that was called for by Zacharias." Shaw's Travels, p. 194. My old MS. considers the word as meaning the instrument of writing, rather than the tablet on which he wrote: and he aringe a poyntel, wroot seyinge, Joon is his name.
A thin board, made out of the pine tree, smeared over with wax, was used among the ancients; and to this the Anglo-Saxon version seems to refer, as it translates Ïινακιδιον, [Anglo-Saxon], a wax board or cloth.
An intelligent friend has suggested a different mode of reading the 62nd and 63rd verses: Luke 1:62. And they asked his father how he would have him called? Luke 1:63. And he made signs for a writing table and wrote, His name is John: "For," says my friend, "the 64th verse Luke 1:64 proves his mouth was not opened, neither his tongue loosed, till after the child was named; therefore he could not ask for the table; and it is more reasonable that he, being dumb, should make signs, than that those should who had the use of their tongues." But, howsoever ingenious this may be, neither the words of the Greek text, nor their construction, will bear this version.
