⁶³ And he sent for writing materials and put down: His name is John; and they were all surprised.

⁶⁰ But his mother made answer and said, No, his name is John.

¹³ But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

⁸ Now go, put it in writing before them on a board, and make a record of it in a book, so that it may be for the future, a witness for all time to come.

³ Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

¹ The sin of Judah is recorded with a pen of iron, and with the sharp point of a jewel it is cut on their hearts of stone, and on the horns of their altars for a sign to them:

² And the Lord gave me an answer, and said, Put the vision in writing and make it clear on stones, so that the reader may go quickly.