Luke 2:7
and she gave birth to her first child, a son. And because there was no room for them in the inn, she swathed him round and laid him in a manger.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
6While they were there her time came,
8In that same country-side were shepherds out in the open fields, watching their flocks that night,
Cross References
Matthew 1:25He made Mary his wife, but did not live with her as her husband until after the birth of her son; and to this son he gave the name Jesus.
Matthew 13:55Is not he the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?
Luke 10:34He went to him and bound up his wounds, dressing them with oil and wine, and then put him on his own mule, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Matthew Henry on Luke 2:2-8
The Birth of Christ. 1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2 ( And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with… Read the whole commentary →