In the Word: Luke 1:57-71 - "What Christmas Meant To Zacharias".

In The Word/Calvary Chapel Podcast · May 28, 2026 · 26m

Luke 1:57-71 New International Version

The Birth of John the Baptist

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…