Lucas 2:12

12 Y lo reconocerán por la siguiente señal: encontrarán a un niño envuelto en tiras de tela, acostado en un pesebre».

Lucas 2:12 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 2:12

And this shall be a sign unto you
When they should come to Bethlehem, and to the inn where Joseph and Mary were:

ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a
manger;
for though there might be many other children, in the inn, yet none else in swaddling clothes, at least lying in a manger: this sign would distinguish the new born Saviour from all others; had not the angel given them this direction, they would never have thought to have looked for, and found: him in such a place: and moreover, it might have been a stumbling to them, and an objection with them against his being Christ, the Lord, had they not been told beforehand where he was; but by this means this objection was prevented, and this stumbling block was removed out of the way, and they were prepared to see him, embrace, and believe in him, in this mean condition.

Lucas 2:12 In-Context

10 pero el ángel los tranquilizó. «No tengan miedo —dijo—. Les traigo buenas noticias que darán gran alegría a toda la gente.

11 ¡El Salvador —sí, el Mesías, el Señor— ha nacido hoy en Belén, la ciudad de David!

12 Y lo reconocerán por la siguiente señal: encontrarán a un niño envuelto en tiras de tela, acostado en un pesebre».

13 De pronto, se unió a ese ángel una inmensa multitud —los ejércitos celestiales— que alababan a Dios y decían:

14 «Gloria a Dios en el cielo más alto
y paz en la tierra para aquellos en quienes Dios se complace».