Luca 2:12

12 E questo vi servirà di segno: troverete un bambino fasciato e coricato in una mangiatoia.

Luca 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.

Luca 2:12 In-Context

10 E l’angelo disse loro: Non temete, perché ecco, vi reco il buon annunzio di una grande allegrezza che tutto il popolo avrà:

11 Oggi, nella città di Davide, v’è nato un Salvatore, che è Cristo, il Signore.

12 E questo vi servirà di segno: troverete un bambino fasciato e coricato in una mangiatoia.

13 E ad un tratto vi fu con l’angelo una moltitudine dell’esercito celeste, che lodava Iddio e diceva:

14 Gloria a Dio ne’ luoghi altissimi, pace in terra fra gli uomini ch’Egli gradisce!