And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Le huitième jour, ils vinrent pour circoncire l'enfant, et ils l'appelaient Zacharie, du nom de son père.
KJV
And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
he name John, because "there" was "none of" his "kindred that" was "called by this name," as related Lk. 1:59-61 . Or, again, from some occurrence; thus Joseph "called the name of" the "first-born Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labors" ( Gn. 41:51 ). Or, agai…
For an immersive study of Luke 1:59 — meditation, lectio divina, exegesis, theology — discover Open Study Bible.
Full study →