Luke 1:64

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God.

King James Version (1611)
And his mouth was opened immediatly, and his tongue loosed, and hee spake, and praised God.

King James Version
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.

English Standard Version
And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.

New American Standard Bible
And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue freed, and he began speaking in praise of God.

New Century Version
Immediately Zechariah could talk again, and he began praising God.

Amplified Bible
At once Zacharias' mouth was opened and his tongue freed, and he began speaking, praising and blessing and thanking God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak in praise of God.

Legacy Standard Bible
And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak, blessing God.

Berean Standard Bible
Immediately Zechariah's mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.

Contemporary English Version
Right away, Zechariah started speaking and praising God.

Complete Jewish Bible
At that moment, his power of speech returned, and his first words were a b'rakhah to God.

Darby Translation
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue, and he spake, blessing God.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Zechariah could talk again, and he began praising God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue, and he spake and praised God.

George Lamsa Translation
And immediately his mouth and his tongue were opened, and he spoke and blessed God.

Good News Translation
At that moment Zechariah was able to speak again, and he started praising God.

Lexham English Bible
And his mouth and his tongue were opened immediately, and he began to speak, praising God.

Literal Translation
And instantly his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed , and he spoke, blessing God.

American Standard Version
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, blessing God.

Bible in Basic English
And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God.

Hebrew Names Version
His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
And immediately his mouth and his tongue were opened, and he spake, and blessed Aloha.

Murdock Translation
And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue; and he spoke, and praised God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And his mouth was opened immediatly, and his tounge [loosed] & he spake, and praysed God.

English Revised Version
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, blessing God.

World English Bible
His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, praising God.

Weymouth's New Testament
Instantly his mouth and his tongue were set free, and he began to speak and bless God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And alle men wondriden. And anoon his mouth was openyd, and his tunge, and he spak, and blesside God.

Update Bible Version
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue [loosed], and he spoke, blessing God.

Webster's Bible Translation
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue [loosed], and he spoke, and praised God.

New English Translation
Immediately Zechariah's mouth was opened and his tongue released, and he spoke, blessing God.

New King James Version
Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, praising God.

New Living Translation
Instantly Zechariah could speak again, and he began praising God.

New Life Bible
Zacharias was able to talk from that time on and he gave thanks to God.

New Revised Standard
Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue freed, and he began to speak, praising God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And his mouth was opened instantly, and his tongue loosed , and he began to speak, blessing, God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed: and he spoke, blessing God.

Revised Standard Version
And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And his mouthe was opened immediatly and his tonge also and he spake lawdynge God.

Young's Literal Translation
and his mouth was opened presently, and his tongue, and he was speaking, praising God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And immediatly was his mouth and his toge opened, and he spake, & praysed God.

Mace New Testament (1729)
immediately he had the use of his speech: and he uttered himself in praises to God.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Just then, God popped the dally on Zechariah's tongue, and he could talk again. The first thing he did was start praising the Lord.

Contextual Overview

⁵⁷When Elizabeth was full-term in her pregnancy, she bore a son. Her neighbors and relatives, seeing that God had overwhelmed her with mercy, celebrated with her. ⁵⁹On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child and were calling him Zachariah after his father. But his mother intervened: "No. He is to be called John." ⁶¹"But," they said, "no one in your family is named that." They used sign language to ask Zachariah what he wanted him named. ⁶³Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, "His name is to be John." That took everyone by surprise. Surprise followed surprise—Zachariah's mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God! ⁶⁵A deep, reverential fear settled over the neighborhood, and in all that Judean hill country people talked about nothing else. Everyone who heard about it took it to heart, wondering, "What will become of this child? Clearly, God has his hand in this."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

his mouth: Luke 1:20, Exodus 4:15, Exodus 4:16, Psalms 51:15, Jeremiah 1:9, Ezekiel 3:27, Ezekiel 29:21, Ezekiel 33:22, Matthew 9:33, Mark 7:32-37

and he: Psalms 30:7-12, Psalms 118:18, Psalms 118:19, Isaiah 12:1, Daniel 4:34-37

Reciprocal: Isaiah 35:6 - the tongue Daniel 10:16 - touched Luke 2:28 - and Luke 2:38 - gave

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his mouth was opened immediately,.... As soon as ever the child was named, and so all things accomplished which the angel had foretold;

and his tongue loosed; the impediments of speech were removed, and the use of his tongue and lips was restored unto him:

and he spake and praised God; for the safe delivery of his wife; for the birth of his son, the forerunner of Christ; for the conception of the Messiah; for God's gracious regards to his church and people, in these instances; and for the restoration of speech and hearing to himself, of which he had been some time deprived for his unbelief.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His mouth was opened ... - That is, he was enabled to speak. For nine months he had been mute, and it is probable that they supposed that he had been afflicted with a paralytic affection, and that he would not recover. Hence, their amazement when he spoke. For one act of disbelief all this calamity had come upon him, and it had not come without effect. With true gratitude he offered praise to God for the birth of a son, and for his restoration to the blessings of speech.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 64. The latter clause of the preceding verse should be joined with the beginning of this, as follows: And they marvelled all, for his mouth was opened, c. Every person must see the propriety of putting this clause, And they marvelled all, to the beginning of the 64th verse, instead of leaving it at the end of the 63rd, as in the common version. The people did not wonder because Zacharias said, He shall be called John but because he himself was that instant restored to the use of his speech.

And he spake, and praised God. — In his nine months' silence, he had learned the proper use of his tongue; and God, whose power was discredited by it, is now magnified. Happy they who, in religious matters, only break silence in order to speak of the loving-kindness of the Lord!