“And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.”
He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone's astonishment he wrote: his name is John — the writing tablet (pinakidion) produces the written confirmation of what Elizabeth has said verbally: his name is John. The to everyone's astonishment communicates the community's surprise that Zechariah agrees with Elizabeth's apparently unconventional choice. The is (estin, present tense) communicates the certainty of the divine appointment — not his name will be but his name is.
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