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, and on earth shalom to men of good will.” 15And when the angels departed from them into the heavens, the shepherds were saying to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened which Adonai has made known to us!” So they hurried off and found Miriam and Joseph, and the Baby lying in the manger. 17When they had seen this, they made known the word that had been spoken to them concerning this Child. 18And all those who heard were amazed at the things 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 in those days, Miriam got up and quickly traveled into the hill country, to a town in Judah.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do with all your strength, for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, where you are going.
• Luke 2:7and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped Him in strips of cloth and set Him down in a manger, since there was no room for them in the inn.
• Luke 19:32Those who were headed out found things just as He told them.
• Luke 22:13So they left and found just what Yeshua 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
• 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