Luke 2 · Verse 16

Luke 2:16

And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
Luke 2:16, King James Version

Luke 2:16 in other translations

BSBSo they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.
WEBThey came with haste and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.
ASVAnd they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger.
YLTAnd they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,
DARBYAnd they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger;
BBEAnd they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.
WebsterAnd they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

What does Luke 2:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 16. Unto Bethlehem. The city of David, where the angel had told them they would find the Saviour. These shepherds appear to have been pious men. They were waiting for the coming of the Messiah. On the first intimation that he had actually appeared they went with haste to find him. So all men should without delay seek the Saviour. When told of him by the servants of God, they should, like these shepherds, forsake all, and give no rest to their eyes until they have found him. We may always find him. We need not travel to Bethlehem. We have only to cast our eyes to heaven; to look to him and to believe on him, and we shall find him ever near to us, and for ever our Saviour and friend.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 2:8-20

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…

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Luke 2:16 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἦλθανēlthanthey cameG2064
σπεύσαντεςspeusanteshaving hurriedG4692
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀνεῦρανaneuranthey foundG429
τήνtēn<the>G3588
τεtebothG5037
ΜαριὰμMariamMaryG3137
καὶkaiandG2532
τὸνton<the>G3588
ἸωσὴφIōsēphJosephG2501
καὶkaiandG2532
τὸtotheG3588
βρέφοςbrephosbabyG1025
κείμενονkeimenonlyingG2749
ἐνeninG1722
τῇtēatheG3588
φάτνῃ.phatnēmanger.G5336

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 2:16

  • Luke 19:32

    And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.

  • 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 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 22:13

    And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

  • Luke 1:39

    And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;

  • Ecclesiastes 9:10

    Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
with.
1:39; Ec 9:10
found.
7,12; 19:32; 22:13

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Context

  • Luke 2:15

    And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

  • Luke 2:16

    And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

  • Luke 2:17

    And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

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Luke 2:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y vinieron apriesa, y hallaron á María, y á José, y al niño acostado en el pesebre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils allèrent en hâte, et ils trouvèrent Marie et Joseph, et le petit enfant couché dans la crèche.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie kamen eilends und fanden sowohl Maria als Joseph, und das Kind in der Krippe liegend.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et venerunt festinantes: et invenerunt Mariam, et Joseph, et infantem positum in præsepio.