Luke 1:61 (LSB)

Passage

And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”

Nearby Context

Luke 1:59 And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zechariah, after the name of his father.

Luke 1:60 But his mother answered and said, “No, but he shall be called John.”

Luke 1:61 And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”

Luke 1:62 And they were making signs to his father, as to what he wanted him called.

Luke 1:63 And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, “His name is John.” And they all marveled.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 60's "But his mother answered and said No..." into verse 62's "And they were making signs to his...", so "called" and "said" 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 "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.