Lucas 2:12

12 Esto les servirá de señal: Encontrarán a un niño envuelto en pañales y 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 les dijo: «No tengan miedo. Miren que les traigo buenas noticias que serán motivo de mucha alegría para todo el pueblo.

11 Hoy les ha nacido en la Ciudad de David un Salvador, que es Cristo el Señor.

12 Esto les servirá de señal: Encontrarán a un niño envuelto en pañales y acostado en un pesebre».

13 De repente apareció una multitud de ángeles del cielo, que alababan a Dios y decían:

14 «Gloria a Dios en las alturas,y en la tierra paz a los que gozan de su buena voluntad».