Luke 1:61 (YLT)

Passage

And they said unto her--`There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,'

Nearby Context

Luke 1:59 And it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by 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 unto her--`There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,'

Luke 1:62 and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called,

Luke 1:63 and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, `John is his name;' and they did all wonder;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "said", "her--", "none", "kindred", 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 "and his mother answering said No but..." 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.