إنجيل القدّيس لوقا 66-57:1
تَمَّ زَمَانُ إِليصَابَاتَ لِتَلِد، فَوَلَدَتِ ٱبْنًا
وسَمِعُ جِيرانُهَا وأَقَارِبُها أَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ عَظَّمَ رَحْمَتَهُ لَهَا، فَفَرِحُوا مَعَهَا
وفي اليَوْمِ الثَّامِنِ جَاؤُوا لِيَخْتِنُوا الصَّبِيّ، وسَمَّوْهُ بِٱسْمِ أَبِيهِ زَكَريَّا
فأَجَابَتْ أُمُّهُ وَقالَتْ: لا! بَلْ يُسَمَّى يُوحَنَّا
فقَالُوا لَهَا: لا أَحَدَ في قَرابَتِكِ يُدْعَى بِهذَا ٱلٱسْم
وأَشَارُوا إِلى أَبِيهِ مَاذَا يُريدُ أَنْ يُسَمِّيَهُ
فطَلَبَ لَوْحًا وكَتَب: «إِسْمُهُ يُوحَنَّا!». فَتَعَجَّبُوا جَمِيعُهُم
وٱنْفَتَحَ فَجْأَةً فَمُ زَكَرِيَّا، وٱنْطَلَقَ لِسَانُهُ، وَجَعَلَ يَتَكَلَّمُ ويُبَارِكُ ٱلله
فَٱسْتَولى الخَوْفُ على جَمِيعِ جِيرانِهِم، وتَحَدَّثَ النَّاسُ بِكُلِّ هذِهِ الأُمُورِ في كُلِّ جَبَلِ اليَهُودِيَّة
وكانَ كُلُّ مَنْ سَمِعَ بِذلِكَ يَحْفَظُهُ في قَلْبِهِ قَائِلاً: «ما عَسَى هذَا الطِّفْلُ أَنْ يَكُون؟». وكانَتْ يَدُ الرَّبِّ حَقًّا مَعَهُ
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 1:57-66.80.
When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a son.
Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.
When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child, they were going to call him Zechariah after his father,
but his mother said in reply, “No. He will be called John.”
But they answered her, “There is no one among your relatives who has this name.”
So they made signs, asking his father what he wished him to be called.
He asked for a tablet and wrote, “John is his name,” and all were amazed.
Immediately his mouth was opened, his tongue freed, and he spoke blessing God.
Then fear came upon all their neighbors, and all these matters were discussed throughout the hill country of Judea.
All who heard these things took them to heart, saying, “What, then, will this child be?” For surely the hand of the Lord was with him.
The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the desert until the day of his manifestation to Israel.