Luke 2:16 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 2:16

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger.

KJV

And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

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Commentary

4 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

How remarkably Scripture weighs the import of each word. For when we behold the flesh of the Lord, we behold the Word, which is the Son. Let not this seem to you a slight example of faith, because of the humble character of the shepherds. For simplicity is sought for, not pride. It follows, And they came in haste. For no one indolently seeks after Christ.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Irenaeus

Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter 10) (202)

And the angel of the Lord, he says, appeared to the shepherds, proclaiming joy to them: "For [Luke 2:11, etc.] there is born in the house of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Then [appeared] a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, Glory in the highest to God, and on earth peace, to men of good will." The falsely-called Gnostics say that these angels came from the Ogdoad, and made manifest the descent of the superior Christ.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And they came with haste,.... In the night, leaving their flocks, to see their incarnate Lord, as Zacchaeus hastened down from the tree to receive the Saviour.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The poverty and meanness in which they found Christ the Lord were no shock to their faith, who themselves knew what it was to live a life of comfortable communion with God in very poor and mean circumstances.

Modern Voices1 voice

G.K. Chesterton

1874–1936

The Everlasting Man, Part II Ch. 1 "The God in the Cave" (1925)

The shepherds had found their Shepherd.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἦλθαν	ēlthan	they came	G2064 →
σπεύσαντες	speusantes	having hurried	G4692 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀνεῦραν	aneuran	they found	G429 →
τήν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
τε	te	both	G5037 →
Μαριὰμ	Mariam	Mary	G3137 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰωσὴφ	Iōsēph	Joseph	G2501 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
βρέφος	brephos	baby	G1025 →
κείμενον	keimenon	lying	G2749 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
φάτνῃ.	phatnē	manger.	G5336 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 2:7
And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
leads to
- Galatians 4:4
  But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
- 2 Corinthians 8:9
  For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- John 1:14
  The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- Isaiah 53:2–3
  He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
- Matthew 1:25
  But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
Through
Luke 2:12
And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
leads to
- Isaiah 7:14
  Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
- Isaiah 53:1–2
  Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
- Isaiah 7:11
  “Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”