Luke 2:12
And this is the sign to you: Ye will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a feed trough.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
11because to you was born today in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ Lord.
Cross References
Exodus 3:12And he said, I will certainly be with thee. And this shall be the sign to thee, that I have sent thee: When thou have brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
1 Samuel 10:2When thou are departed from me today, then thou shall find two men by Rachel's sepulcher in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. And they will say to thee, The donkeys which thou went to seek are found, and, lo, thy father has left of
2 Kings 20:8And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of LORD the third day?
Isaiah 7:11Ask thee a sign of LORD thy God, ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of LORD been revealed?
Matthew Henry on Luke 2:9-21
Angels Appear to the Shepherds; Visit of the Shepherds to Christ. 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 round about them: and they were sore afraid. 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.… Read the whole commentary →