RichTestOrg_en_tn/luk/01/63.md

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His father asked for a writing tablet

It may be helpful to state how Zechariah "asked," since he could not speak. Alternate translation: "His father used his hands to show the people that he wanted them to give him a writing tablet" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

a writing tablet

"something on which to write"

astonished

greatly surprised or amazed