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

14Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to people he favors! 15When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” They hurried off and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the manger. 17After seeing them, they reported the message they were told about this child, 18and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to 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 1:39In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
• Luke 2:7Then she gave birth to her firstborn son, and she wrapped him tightly in cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
• Luke 19:32So those who were sent left and found it just as he had told them.
• Luke 22:13So they went 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

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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