1:57 伊利莎白的產期到了，就生了一個兒子。
1:58 鄰里親族聽見主向她大施憐憫，就和她一同歡樂。
1:59 到了第八日，他們來要給孩子行割禮，並要照他父親的名字叫他撒迦利亞。
1:60 他母親說：「不可！要叫他約翰。」
1:61 他們說：「你親族中沒有叫這名字的。」
1:62 他們就向他父親打手式，問他要叫這孩子甚麼名字。
1:63 他要了一塊寫字的板，就寫上，說：「他的名字是約翰。」他們便都希奇。
1:64 撒迦利亞的口立時開了，舌頭也舒展了，就說出話來，稱頌上帝。
1:65 周圍居住的人都懼怕；這一切的事就傳遍了猶太的山地。
1:66 凡聽見的人都將這事放在心裡，說：「這個孩子將來怎麼樣呢？因為有主與他同在。」
57 When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. 58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.
59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, 60 but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”
61 They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.”
62 Then they made signs 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.” 64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God. 65 All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things. 66 Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.
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施洗約翰出生了，這對當時的人是大消息，真是阿婆生小孩！
「約翰」的意思是：「耶和華是恩慈的給予者」！
而這個名子是天使取的，等同是上帝取的名字，要人紀念「耶和華是恩慈的給予者」！
是的！上帝是永遠的施恩者，我們是永遠的受恩者！這個順序永不改變，我們不可以用敬虔為由改變這次序，因為改變這次序是不可能，也是人自以為是的表現，是上帝所恨惡的！
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