Origen, on Luke 1:59

“And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they called him by his father’s name Zachary.”

“(non occ.) Zacharias is by interpretation “remembering God,” but John signifies “pointing to.” Now “memory” relates to something absent, “pointing to,” to something present. But John was not about to set forth the memory of God as absent, but with his finger to point him out as present, saying, Behold the Lamb of God.”

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