Luke 2:16

Luke 2:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
• New International Version (NIV)So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger.

Context of Luke 2:16

14“Glory to God in the highest [heaven], And on earth peace among men with whom He is well-pleased.” 15When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds began saying one to another, “Let us go straight to Bethlehem, and see this [wonderful] thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us.” So they went in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the Baby as He lay in the manger. 17And when they had seen this, they made known what had been told them about this Child, 18and all who heard it were astounded and wondered at what the shepherds told them.

Luke 2:16 word by word

καὶ ἦλθαν σπεύσαντες καὶ ἀνεῦραν τήν τε Μαριὰμ καὶ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ καὶ τὸ βρέφος κείμενον ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• they cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• with hasteσπεύδωspeudō · to hastenG4692
• foundἀνευρίσκωaneuriskō · to findG429
• MaryΜαρίαMaria Mariam · MaryG3137
• JosephἸωσήφIōsēph · JosephG2501
• the babeβρέφοςbrephos · infantG1025
• lyingκεῖμαιkeimai · to lay/be appointedG2749
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• a mangerφάτνηphatnē · mangerG5336
• ·τεte · and/bothG5037

Cross-references for Luke 2:16

• Luke 1:39Now at this time Mary arose and hurried to the hill country, to a city of Judah (Judea),
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) where you are going.
• Luke 2:7and she gave birth to her Son, her firstborn; and she wrapped Him in [swaddling] cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no [private] room for them in the inn.
• Luke 19:32So those who were sent left and found the colt just as He had told them.
• Luke 22:13They left and found it just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

Commentaries on Luke 2:16

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-20Verses 8-20 Angels were heralds of the new-born Saviour, but they were only sent to some poor, humble, pious, industrious shepherds, who were in the business of their calling, keeping watch over their flock. We are not out of the way of Divine visits, when we are employed in an honest calling, and abide with God in it. Let God have the honour of this work; Glory to God in the highest. God's good-will to men, manifested in sending the Messiah, redounds to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. with haste--Compare Lu 1:39; Mt 28:8 ("did run"); Joh 4:28 ("left her water-pot," as they do their flocks, in a transport). found Mary, &c.--"mysteriously guided by the Spirit to the right place through the obscurity of the night" [Olshausen]. a manger--"the manger," as before.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 2:16

• Jesus, the Christ
• Manger
• Mary
• Shepherd

In the dictionaries

• Consolation
• Decree
• Depart
• Devout
• Glory
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• Jesus
• Lighten
• Manger
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Commentaries on Luke 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings