Luke 2:12

Luke 2:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
• New International Version (NIV)This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”

Context of Luke 2:12

10And the angel said to them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11For to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign to you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Luke 2:12 word by word

καὶ τοῦτο ὑμῖν τὸ σημεῖον· εὑρήσετε βρέφος ἐσπαργανωμένον καὶ κείμενον ἐν φάτνῃ.Read the interlinear

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• thisτοῦτοtouto · thatG5124
• signσημεῖονsēmeion · signG4592
• youὑμῖνhumin · to youG5213
• findεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• babeβρέφοςbrephos · infantG1025
• clothesσπαργανόωsparganoō · to wrapG4683
• lyingκεῖμαιkeimai · to lay/be appointedG2749
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• mangerφάτνηphatnē · mangerG5336

Cross-references for Luke 2:12

• Exodus 3:12And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token to thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
• 1 Samuel 10:2When thou hast departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to thee, The donkeys which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath stopped caring for the donkeys, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
• Psalms 22:6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
• Isaiah 53:1Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

Commentaries on Luke 2:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12This shall be a sign (or token) unto you - You shall find this glorious person, however strange it may appear, wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a stable! It is by humility that Christ comes to reign; and this is the only way into his kingdom! Pride is the character of all the children of Adam: humility the mark of the Son of God, and of all his followers. Christ came in the way of humility to destroy that pride which is the root of evil in the souls…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12This shall be a sign … - The evidence by which you shall know the child is that you will find him wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.Read the comment
• 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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12a sign: Shepherds would notice the contrast between the baby’s security and his lowly circumstances. He was wrapped in strips of cloth, but he was lying in a manger, an animal feeding box. This was unusual and showed that God was at work.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. a sign--"the sign." the babe--"a Babe." a manger--"the manger." The sign was to consist, it seems, solely in the overpowering contrast between the things just said of Him and the lowly condition in which they would find Him--Him whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting, "ye shall find a Babe"; whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain, "wrapt in swaddling bands"; the "Saviour, Christ the Lord," lying in a manger! Thus early were…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 2:12

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Children
• Gospel
• Jesus, the Christ
• Manger
• Mary
• Shepherd
• Swaddle

In the dictionaries

• Birth
• Consolation
• Decree
• Depart
• Devout
• Glory
• Inn
• Jesus
• Lighten
• Manger

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