Luca 2:16

16 E vennero in fretta, e trovarono Maria, e Giuseppe, e il fanciullino, che giaceva nella mangiatoia.

Luca 2:16 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 2:16

And they came with haste
In the night, leaving their flocks, to see their incarnate Lord, as Zacchaeus hastened down from the tree to receive the Saviour. The wonderfulness of the vision, the importance of the thing related, the eagerness of their spirits to see the thing that was told them, put them on making quick dispatch, and hastening to the city with all speed:

and found Mary and Joseph;
as they had been directed by the angel, in the city of Bethlehem, in an inn there, and in a stable in the inn:

and the babe lying in a manger:
where Mary had put it as soon as born, and had wrapped it in swaddling clothes; because there was no room in the inn, and as the angel had told them they should find it, ( Luke 2:12 )

Luca 2:16 In-Context

14 Gloria a Dio ne’ luoghi altissimi, Pace in terra, Benivoglienza inverso gli uomini,

15 Ed avvenne che quando gli angeli se ne furono andati da loro al cielo, que’ pastori disser fra loro: Or passiam fino in Betleem, e veggiamo questa cosa ch’è avvenuta, la quale il Signore ci ha fatta assapere.

16 E vennero in fretta, e trovarono Maria, e Giuseppe, e il fanciullino, che giaceva nella mangiatoia.

17 E vedutolo, divolgarono ciò ch’era loro stato detto di quel piccolo fanciullo.

18 E tutti coloro che li udirono si maravigliarono delle cose ch’eran lor dette da’ pastori.