The Birth of John the Baptist
Luke 1:63
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
- KJV
- And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
- WEB
- He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.
- ASV
- And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
- LSV
- and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, “John is his name”; and they all wondered;
- YLT
- and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, 'John is his name;' and they did all wonder;
- DBY
- And having asked for a writing-table, he wrote saying, John is his name. And they all wondered.
- DRC
- And demanding a writing table, he wrote, saying: John is his name. And they all wondered.
- GNV
- So hee asked for writing tables, and wrote, saying, His name is Iohn, and they marueiled all.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Spelling of Ἰωάννης: Westcott–Hort: Ἰωάνης.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τὸ (“the”); NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ἐστὶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐστὶν; Robinson–Pierpont add τὸ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ αἰτήσας πινακίδιον ἔγραψεν λέγων· Ἰωάννης ἐστὶν ὄνομα αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐθαύμασαν πάντες.
- RP2018
- Καὶ αἰτήσας πινακίδιον ἔγραψεν, λέγων, Ἰωάννης ἐστὶν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐθαύμασαν πάντες.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ αἰτήσας πινακίδιον ἔγραψε, λέγων, Ἰωάννης ἐστὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐθαύμασαν πάντες.
- SCR1894
- και αιτησας πινακιδιον εγραψεν λεγων ιωαννης εστιν το ονομα αυτου και εθαυμασαν παντες
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 1:60But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
- Isaiah 30:8Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
- Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
- Jeremiah 17:1“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
- Habakkuk 2:2Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
- Proverbs 3:3Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
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