Luke 2:16

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

Luke 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 )

Luke 2:16 In-Context

14 "Glory be to God in the highest Heavens, And on earth peace among men who please Him!"

15 Then, as soon as the angels had left them and returned to Heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go over as far as Bethlehem and see this that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

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

17 And when they saw the child, they told what had been said to them about Him;

18 and all who listened were astonished at what the shepherds told them.