Luke 1:59 (ASV)

Passage

And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:57 Now Elisabeth`s time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

Luke 1:58 And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.

Luke 1:59 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

Luke 1:60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

Luke 1:61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "came", "pass", "eighth", "circumcise", "child", and "zacharias". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "came", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 58's "And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard..." into verse 60's "And his mother answered and said Not...", so "called" and "came" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "came" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.