The Birth of John the Baptist
Luke 1:62
In 9 translations
- BSB
- So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
- KJV
- And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
- WEB
- They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
- ASV
- And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
- LSV
- and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called,
- YLT
- and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called,
- DBY
- And they made signs to his father as to what he might wish it to be called.
- DRC
- And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
- GNV
- Then they made signes to his father, howe he would haue him called.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read αὐτό (“him”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read αὐτόν (“him”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: αὐτό. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτό; Robinson–Pierpont read αὐτόν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἐνένευον δὲ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ τὸ τί ἂν θέλοι καλεῖσθαι αὐτό.
- RP2018
- Ἐνένευον δὲ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ, τὸ τί ἂν θέλοι καλεῖσθαι αὐτόν.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἐνένευον δὲ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ, τὸ τί ἂν θέλοι καλεῖσθαι αὐτόν.
- SCR1894
- ενενευον δε τω πατρι αυτου το τι αν θελοι καλεισθαι αυτον
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 1:22When he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained speechless.
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