⁵⁹ On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him Zechariah after his father.^(A)

The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

⁵ In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife was descended from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.^(A)