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Luke 2:12

Jesus Christ

10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
KJV
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
WEB
This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough.”
ASV
And this [is] the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.
DARBY
And this is the sign to you: ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, and lying in a manger.
BLB
And this [is] the sign to you⁺: You⁺ will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
ÅB
Og dette skal dere ha til tegn: Dere skal finne et barn svøpt, liggende i en krybbe.
OTB
Og dette skal være tegnet for dere: Dere skal finne et barn svøpt og liggende i en krybbe."
B1930
Og dette skal I ha til tegn: I skal finne et barn svøpt, liggende i en krybbe.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 7:14

    Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

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  • Isaiah 53:1–2

    Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

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  • Isaiah 7:11

    Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

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  • Psalms 22:6

    But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

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  • 2 Kings 19:29

    And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

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  • 2 Kings 20:8

    And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?

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  • 1 Samuel 2:34

    And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

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  • 1 Samuel 10:2–7

    When thou art 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 unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

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