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, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men. 15And it came to pass, as the angels departed from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, Let us make our way then now as far as Bethlehem, and let us see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us. And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger; 17and having seen [it] they made known about the country the thing which had been said to them concerning this child. 18And all who heard [it] wondered at the things said to them by the shepherds.

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

• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• MaryΜαρίαMaria Mariam · MaryG3137
• JosephἸωσήφIōsēph · JosephG2501
• lyingκεῖμαιkeimai · to lay/be appointedG2749
• mangerφάτνηphatnē · mangerG5336

Cross-references for Luke 2:16

• Luke 1:39And Mary, rising up in those days, went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah,
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
• Luke 2:7and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling-clothes and laid him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
• Luke 19:32And they that were sent, having gone their way, found as he had said to them.
• Luke 22:13And having gone they found it as he had said to 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
• Inn
• Jesus
• Lighten
• Manger
• Pair

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