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3rd Century B.C.E.
5 pc.
''The time now became due for Elizabeth to give birth, and she became mother to a son...''
''Then they went asking its father (Zechariah) what he wanted it called. And he asked for a (waxed) tablet and wrote (with a stylus) : 'John is its name. At this they all marveled.' ''
Luke 1:57, 62, 63

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