62 So they made signs to his father asking what he wanted him to be named, 63 and he asked for a writing tablet and[a] wrote, saying, “John is his name.” And they were all astonished. 64 And his mouth and his tongue were opened immediately, and he began to speak,[b] praising God.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:63 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“asked for”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Luke 1:64 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to speak”)

62 Then they made signs(A) to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. 63 He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.”(B) 64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak,(C) praising God.

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