The Scriptures 1998

Luke 1:62-69 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

62. Then they motioned to his father, what he would like him to be called.

63. And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, “Yoḥanan is his name.” And they all marvelled.

64. And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he was speaking, praising Elohim.

65. And fear came on all those dwelling around them, and all these matters were spoken of in all the hill country of Yehuḏah.

66. And all who heard them kept them in their hearts, saying, “What then shall this child be?” And the hand of יהוה was with him.

67. And Zeḵaryah, his father, was filled with the Set-apart Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

68. “Blessed be יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, for He did look upon and worked redemption for His people,

69. and has raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of His servant Dawiḏ,