⁵⁷ By now Elizabeth’s waiting was over, for the time had come for the baby to be born—and it was a boy. ⁵⁸ The word spread quickly to her neighbors and relatives of how kind the Lord had been to her, and everyone rejoiced.

⁵⁹ When the baby was eight days old, all the relatives and friends came for the circumcision ceremony. They all assumed the baby’s name would be Zacharias, after his father.