Luke 1:60 (DBY)

Passage

And his mother answering said, No; but he shall be called John.

Nearby Context

Luke 1:58 And her neighbours and kinsfolk heard that [the] Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.

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

Luke 1:60 And his mother answering said, No; but he shall be called John.

Luke 1:61 And they said to her, There is no one among thy kinsfolk who is called by this name.

Luke 1:62 And they made signs to his father as to what he might wish it to be called.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "mother", "answering", "said", "shall", and "john". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "mother", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 59's "And it came to pass on the..." into verse 61's "And they said to her There is...", so "called" and "mother" 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 "mother" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.