Luke 2:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Luke 2:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This 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.
Luke 2:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Birth of Jesus. Lk. only. In obedi ence to a decree of the Emperor Augustus, ordering a general census (the first, during the Syrian governor ship of Quirinius), every man went to his own city....
Luke 2:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the Babe . a babe.
Luke 2:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. And this shall be a sign to you (153) The angel meets the prejudice which might naturally hinder the faith of the shepherds; for what a mockery is it, that he, whom God has sent to be t...
Luke 2:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. This shall be a sign (or token) unto you - You shall find this glorious person, however st...
Luke 2:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And this shall be a sign, [ to ( G3588 ) seemeion ( G4592 ), 'the sign,']...
Luke 2:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Birth and Childhood of Jesus 1-5. The census of Quirinius. There are two historical difficulties in connexion with St. Luke's mention of the census of Quirinius: (1) There is no direct evidence, e...
Luke 2:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

This shall be a sign unto you. — The sign was not such in itself, but became so by its agreement with the prediction. It was something exceptional that a new-born infant should be found, not in a c...
Luke 2:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS. Luke 2:8-21 THE Gospel of St. Mark omits entirely the Nativity, passing at once to the words and miracles of His public ministry. St. John, too, dismi...
Luke 2:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Savior of Mankind Is Born Luke 2:1-14 The manger bed and its precious occupant are among the most cherished memories of our childhood; but as we come there in later life, the wonder ever gr...
Luke 2:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jesus was born in Bethlehem, under the yoke of an oppressor. Moreover, by the exigency of the circumstances, He was born amid the homeless crowd. This was according to the divine arrangement and fore...
Luke 2:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(8) And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. (9) And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone roun...
Luke 2:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And this shall be a sign unto you ,.... When they should come to Bethlehem, and to the inn where Joseph and Mary were: ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger ; for...
Luke 2:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. Ver. 12. Wrapped in swaddling clothes ] In vilibus et veteribus indumentis, saith L...
Luke 2:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them Επεστη αυτοις, stood over them , that is, appeared in a visible form, standing in the air over their heads; and the glory of the Lord shone round abou...
Luke 2:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE BIRTH OF THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-7) God in His sovereign wisdom and power at this time ordered the events of man's government to accomplish His own will. Caesar Augustus decreed that all the wor...
Luke 2:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Angels Appear to the Shepherds; Visit of the Shepherds to Christ. 8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the fie...
Luke 2:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Luke 2:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And this is the sign to you, You will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.” And how would this babe be known? By the sign that God had given. That is, by the fact that h...
Luke 2:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 2:1 . All the world .— I.e. the Roman world ( orbis terrarum ). Taxed .—Rather, “enrolled,” something like a modern census, but with a view to taxation. Luke 2:2 . This...
Luke 2:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 2:12 The Sign of the Babe reveals Four Things. I. That our Saviour was a real man. "Ye shall find the Babe." In the flesh our flesh Christ came; as truly man as He was truly God; and infinit...
Luke 2:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We WILL now read the story of our Saviour's birth as it is recorded in the Gospel according to Luke. Luke 2:1-6 . And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar August...
Luke 2:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:1 . It came to pass in those days, when John was born, and when the Roman emperor, Augustus Cæsar, filled the throne, and was in the thirty first year of his reign, that, a decree was issue...
Luke 2:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

And this shall be a sign unto you. --What the angels said to the shepherds was, “This shall be the sign unto you; ye shall find a babe,” a babe like any other, “wrapped in swaddling clothes,” diff...
Luke 2:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 2:1-42 The Redeemer's birth . Luke 2:1 There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed ; more accurately, that there should be a r...
Luke 2:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The message to the shepherds:
Luke 2:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 10:2-7 ; Exodus 3:12 ; Isaiah 53:1 ; Isaiah 53:2 ; Psalms 22:6
Luke 2:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Seven Magnificats Selections from Luke 1:1-80 and Luke 2:1-52 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the annunciation of the birth of Chri...

Luke 2:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 2:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 2:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 2:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 2:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 2:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 2:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 2:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 2:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 2:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 2:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 2:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 2:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 2:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 2:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 2:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 2:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 2:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 2:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 2:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 2:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 2:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary