Luk 1:60 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 60. Not so; but he shall be called John. ] This is the name which the angel desired should be given him, , and of which Zacharias by writing had informed his wife. There is something very remarkable in the names of this family. Zachariah , the memory or memorial of Jehovah ; yeho , at the end of the word, being contracted for Yehovah , as in many other names. Elisabeth, the Sabbath or rest of my strong God : names probably given them by their parents, to point out some remarkable circumstance in their conception or birth. And John , which should always be written Jehochanan or Yehochanan , the grace or mercy of Jehovah : so named, because he was to go before and proclaim the God of all grace , and the mercy granted through him to a lost world. See ; see also , and .

‏ Luke 1:60

Verse 60. Not so; but he shall be called John.] This is the name which the angel desired should be given him, Lu 1:13, and of which Zacharias by writing had informed his wife. There is something very remarkable in the names of this family. Zachariah, the memory or memorial of Jehovah; yeho, at the end of the word, being contracted for Yehovah, as in many other names. Elisabeth, the Sabbath or rest of my strong God: names probably given them by their parents, to point out some remarkable circumstance in their conception or birth. And John, which should always be written Jehochanan or Yehochanan,

the grace or mercy of Jehovah: so named, because he was to go before and proclaim the God of all grace, and the mercy granted through him to a lost world. See Joh 1:29; see also Lu 3:16, and Mr 1:4.