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John Gill's Exposition on Luke 1:60

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And his mother answered and said, etc.] That is, Elisabeth: not so, but he shall be called John; knowing that this was the name wherewith the angel said he should be called; either by divine revelation, she being filled with the Holy Ghost, (<420141>Luke 1:41) or by information of her husband, who, doubtless, in writing, gave her an account of all that the angel had said unto him.
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