Luk 1:13 | NET2full | STEP | But the angel said to him , “Do not be afraid , Zechariah , for your prayer has been heard , and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John .

‏ Luke 1:13

13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, ^{▼▼tn The passive means that the prayer was heard by God.} ^{▼▼sn Your prayer has been heard. Zechariah’s prayer while offering the sacrifice would have been for the nation, but the answer to the prayer also gave them a long hoped-for child, a hope they had abandoned because of their old age.} and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you ^{▼▼tn Grk “a son, and you”; καί (kai) has not been translated. Instead a semicolon is used in the translation for stylistic reasons.} will name him John. ^{▼▼tn Grk “you will call his name John.” The future tense here functions like a command (see ExSyn 569-70). This same construction occurs in v. 31.} ^{▼▼sn “Do not be afraid…you must call his name John.” This is a standard birth announcement (see Gen 16:11; Isa 7:14; Matt 1:21; Luke 1:31).}