It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.
What prayer? For years he had been praying, "Lord, please give me a son." It really gives to us encouragement for persistence in prayer. He didn't give up. Even though he was now old. Well stricken with years. He was still praying, "Oh, Lord, I'd love to have a son."