Luke 2:16
And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
KJV
καὶ ἦλθαν σπεύσαντες, καὶ ἀνεῦραν τήν τε Μαριὰμ καὶ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ καὶ τὸ βρέφος κείμενον ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ·
Greek NT
Et venerunt festinantes : et invenerunt Mariam, et Joseph, et infantem positum in præsepio.
Vulgate
And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger.
ASV
And they came with haste: and they found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Μαρία
maria
noun · 54×
βρέφος
brephos
noun · 8×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κεῖμαι
keimai
verb · 23×
σπεύδω
speudo
verb · 6×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
φάτνη
phatne
noun · 4×
ἀνευρίσκω
aneurisko
verb · 2×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
Ἰωσήφ
ioseph
noun · 35×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§486The Father's only Son, conceived as man in the womb of the Virgin Mary, is "Christ", that is to say, anointed by the Holy Spirit, from the beginning of his human existence, though the manifestation of this fact takes place only progressively: to the shepherds, to the magi, to John the Baptist, to the disciples.123 Thus the whole life of Jesus Christ will make manifest "how God …
§525Jesus was born in a humble stable, into a poor family.202 Simple shepherds were the first witnesses to this event. In this poverty heaven's glory was made manifest.203 The Church never tires of singing the glory of this night: The Virgin today brings into the world the Eternal and the earth offers a cave to the Inaccessible. The angels and shepherds praise him and the magi adva…
Cross-references
- Luke 1:39 — And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
- Luke 2:7 — And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
- Luke 2:12 — And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
- Luke 19:32 — And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.
- Luke 22:13 — And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
- Matt 2:11 — And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold,
- Matt 8:20 — And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.