All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.
      2. The mother opposed it, and would have called him John; having learned, either by inspiration of the Holy Ghost (as is most probable), or by information in writing from her husband, that God appointed this to be his name (Luke 1:60; Luke 1:60); He shall be called Johanan--Gracious, because he shall introduce the gospel of Christ, wherein God's grace shines more brightly than ever.