JMNT(i)
59 Then it occurred on the eighth day [that] folks came to circumcise the little boy, and they began to call it Zechariah, [based] on the name of his father.
60 And yet his mother, making a decided response, said, "No! To the contrary, he will continue being called John."
61 Then they rejoined to her, "There is no one from your kinship group (extended relatives) who is normally being called by this name."
62 So they began nodding and motioning to his father, [to find out] what he would want him to be habitually called.
63 And so, asking for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, "His name is John." And they were all amazed.