Gregory of Nazianzus, 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.”

“(Orat. vi.) The birth of John then broke the silence of Zacharias, as it follows, And his mouth was opened. For it were unreasonable when the voice of the Word had come forth, that his father should remain speechless.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.