LUKE 2:16 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) So they hurried into town and asked around to find Maria and Yosef, and also the baby sleeping in the feeding trough.

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And they went hastening and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby, lying in the manger.

UST So they went quickly, and when they had found the place where Mary and Joseph were staying, they saw the baby lying in a feeding place for animals.

BSB § So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.

BLB And having hurried, they came and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby, lying in the manger.

AICNT And they came quickly and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger.

OEB So they went quickly, and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in a manger;

WEBBE They came with haste and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.

WMBB They came with haste and found both Miriam and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.

NET So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.

LSV And they came, having hurried, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the Baby lying in the manger,

FBV They hurried there and found Mary, Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.

TCNT So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger.

T4T So they went quickly. They found the place where Mary and Joseph were staying, and they saw the baby lying in the trough where people put food for the animals.

LEB And they went hurrying and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the manger.

BBE And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.

Moff No Moff LUKE book available

Wymth So they made haste and came and found Mary and Joseph, with the babe lying in the manger.

ASV And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger.

DRA And they came with haste; and they found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.

YLT And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,

Drby And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger;

RV And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger.

Wbstr And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

KJB-1769 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

KJB-1611 And they came with haste, and found Mary and Ioseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And they came with haste, and founde Marie and Ioseph, and the babe layde in a manger.
(And they came with haste, and found Mary/Maria and Yoseph, and the babe laid in a manger.)

Gnva So they came with haste, and founde both Marie and Ioseph, and the babe laid in the cratch.
(So they came with haste, and found both Mary/Maria and Yoseph, and the babe laid in the cratch. )

Cvdl And they came wt haist, & founde both Mary and Ioseph, & the babe layed in ye maunger.
(And they came with haist, and found both Mary and Yoseph, and the babe laid in ye/you_all maunger.)

TNT And they cam with haste and founde Mary and Ioseph and the babe layde in a manger.
(And they came with haste and found Mary and Yoseph and the babe laid in a manger. )

Wycl And thei hiyynge camen, and founden Marie and Joseph, and the yong child leid in a cratche.
(And they hiyynge came, and found Mary/Maria and Yoseph, and the young child leid in a cratche.)

Luth Und sie kamen eilend und fanden beide, Maria und Joseph, dazu das Kind in der Krippe liegen.
(And they/she/them came rushing and found beide, Maria and Yoseph, in_addition the Kind in the/of_the Krippe lie/lay.)

ClVg Et venerunt festinantes: et invenerunt Mariam, et Joseph, et infantem positum in præsepio.[fn]
(And venerunt festinantes: and invenerunt Mariam, and Yoseph, and infantem positum in præsepio. )

2.16 Et venerunt festinantes. BEDA. Non cum desidia Christi quærenda est præsentia, etc., usque ad quasi in præsepio invenient.

2.16 And venerunt festinantes. BEDA. Non when/with desidia of_Christ quærenda it_is præsentia, etc., until to as_if in præsepio invenient.

UGNT καὶ ἦλθον σπεύσαντες, καὶ ἀνεῦρον τήν τε Μαριὰμ καὶ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ, καὶ τὸ βρέφος, κείμενον ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ.
(kai aʸlthon speusantes, kai aneuron taʸn te Mariam kai ton Yōsaʸf, kai to brefos, keimenon en taʸ fatnaʸ.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἦλθαν σπεύσαντες καὶ ἀνεῦραν τήν τε Μαριὰμ καὶ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ καὶ τὸ βρέφος κείμενον ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ·
(kai aʸlthan speusantes kai aneuran taʸn te Mariam kai ton Yōsaʸf kai to brefos keimenon en taʸ fatnaʸ;)

TC-GNT Καὶ [fn]ἦλθον σπεύσαντες, καὶ [fn]ἀνεῦρον τήν τε Μαριὰμ καὶ τὸν Ἰωσήφ, καὶ τὸ βρέφος κείμενον ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ.
(Kai aʸlthon speusantes, kai aneuron taʸn te Mariam kai ton Yōsaʸf, kai to brefos keimenon en taʸ fatnaʸ. )

2:16 ηλθον ¦ ηλθαν CT

2:16 ανευρον ¦ ανευραν NA SBL WH

Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

The Birth of Christ

The accounts of the birth of Jesus (Matt 1:18–2:12; Luke 2:1-20) are a study in contrasts. On the one side is the lowliness of the birth. A poor peasant couple makes their way to their ancestral home of Bethlehem to register for a census imposed on them by the oppressive Roman Empire. Their journey is a long and hard one from Galilee, and when they arrive they can find no place of lodging. They are consigned to a place reserved for animals. There is a sense of poverty, rejection, and obscurity. At the birth of the child, announcements are sent not to great kings or to the rich and powerful, but to lowly shepherds watching their flocks in a field.

Yet beside this humble lowliness is a message of unspeakable power and grandeur. The child who is laid in a manger is the Messiah, the long-awaited descendant of King David. He will reign triumphant over the people of Israel and his kingdom will never end. He is the one spoken about by all the prophets. All of history has been pointing forward to its climax in him. A group of wise men from the East come to pay homage to him. And an army of mighty angels comes from heaven to announce his birth.

These contrasts are a foretaste of things to come. In Jesus, the God of Israel and Lord of all the earth has come to visit and to save his people. The Divine One reaches down to meet them where they are. Throughout the Gospels, Jesus will show special concern for the lowly, the poor, the outcast, and sinners. These are the ones he has come to save because they recognize their need for him. They receive the message of salvation with joy and rejoicing.

The contrast between lowliness and exaltation also relates to Jesus’ mission. Though wicked people reject him and put him to death, Jesus is vindicated at his resurrection and exalted to the right hand of God, where he reigns as Lord and Messiah. From there he pours out the Spirit of God to guide and direct his church. Through his life, death, resurrection, and exaltation, Jesus provides forgiveness of sins and eternal life to all those who respond in faith to him.

Passages for Further Study

Matt 1:18–2:12; Luke 2:1-20

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