“And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.”
They said to her, there is no one among your relatives who has that name — the community's objection is the voice of convention: no one in the family has this name. The name John is not in the priestly family's name tradition. The objection communicates the clash between divine appointment and human custom — a recurring theme in the infancy narratives.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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