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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger.

Context of Luke 2:16

14“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” 15When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them 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 1:39At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea,
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
• Luke 2:7and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
• Luke 19:32Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them.
• Luke 22:13They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So 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