Luke 1:63
And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
KJV
καὶ αἰτήσας πινακίδιον ἔγραψεν λέγων· Ἰωάννης ἐστὶν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐθαύμασαν πάντες.
Greek NT
Et postulans pugillarem scripsit, dicens : Joannes est nomen ejus. Et mirati sunt universi.
Vulgate
And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
ASV
And demanding a writing table, he wrote, saying: John is his name. And they all wondered.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἰτέω
aiteo
verb · 70×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θαυμάζω
thaumazo
verb · 43×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πινακίδιον
pinakidion
noun · 1×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: ἐστὶν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐστὶν | RP: + τὸ
- ἐστὶν — SBLGNT
- ἐστὶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + τὸ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Relation of the Baptist to Elijah. The Theory of Transmigration Considered. The disciples asked Him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come? Matthew 17:10 The disciples indeed who went up with Jesus remembered the traditions of the scribes concerning Elijah, that before the advent of Christ, Elijah would come and prepare for Him the souls of those who w…
Cross-references
- Gen 16:11 — And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
- Isa 30:8 — Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
- Luke 1:13 — But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
- Luke 1:60 — And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.