Luke 2:12
and this [is] to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
11because there was born to you to-day a Saviour — who is Christ the Lord — in the city of David,
Cross References
Exodus 3:12and He saith, 'Because I am with thee, and this [is] to thee the sign that I have sent thee: in thy bringing out the people from Egypt — ye do serve God on this mount.'
1 Samuel 10:2In thy going to-day from me — then thou hast found two men by the grave of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin, at Zelzah, and they have said unto thee, The asses have been found which thou hast gone to seek; and lo, thy father hath left the matter of the asses, and hath sorrowed for you, saying, What do I do for my son?
2 Kings 20:8And Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, 'What [is] the sign that Jehovah doth give healing to me, that I have gone up on the third day to the house of Jehovah?'
Isaiah 7:11'Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God, Make deep the request, or make [it] high upwards.'
Isaiah 53:1Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it 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 →