What happened when John was born.

Luke 1:57-66

57 When it was time for Elizabeth to give birth to her child, she bore a son. 58 Her neighbors and relatives heard how ◄the Lord/God► had greatly blessed her by enabling her to bear a child, so they were happy along with Elizabeth. 59 Seven days later they gathered together for the ceremony for circumcising the baby to show that he belonged to God. They wanted to give the baby the same name as his father, Zechariah. 60 But his mother said, “No, his name will not be Zechariah. His name will be John!” 61 So they said to her, “John is not the name of any of your (dl) relatives, so you(dl) should not give him that name!” 62 Then they made motions with their hands to Zechariah, for him to indicate what name he wanted to be given {to give} to his son. 63 So he signaled that they should give him a tablet to write on. When they gave him one, he wrote on it, “His name is John.” All those who were there were surprised! 64 Immediately Zechariah was able to speak again [MTY], and he praised God. 65 All their neighbors were amazed/awestruck! They told other people who lived all over the highlands of Judea about what had happened. 66 Everyone who heard about it kept thinking about it. They were saying, “We wonder what will this child do for God when he grows up [RHQ]!” They wondered that because from what had happened they were sure that God would be helping that child [SYN] in a powerful way.