Finally, there comes Zacharias! He looks upset. Why does he make signs to us? As if he cannot. speak all of a sudden... he must have seen a vision... ..or he received a revelation. And now I'm six months pregnant. How great is our God. He has taken away my disgrace...

Mary stayed three months with Elisabeth and returned home to Nazareth. The day came that Elisabeth gave birth to a son. On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. At that occasion the child receives his name.

So, the circumcision is finished. What name do you give this child? He shall be called John. A nice name! It means: The Lord is merciful. But no-one in your family has that name!