“And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.”
But his mother spoke up and said, no! He is to be called John — Elizabeth's intervention is immediate and firm: no, he is to be called John. The mother who has been living with the angelic announcement in private now speaks publicly for the divinely appointed name. The but communicates the disruption of the expected pattern — the divine name overrides the family tradition.
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