Luke 2:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And take this for a signe: Ye shal finde the childe wrapped in swadling clothes, and layde in a manger.

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  • Isa 7:14 : 14 Therefore the Lorde hym selfe shall geue you a token: Beholde, a virgin shall conceaue and beare a sonne, and shall call his name Emmanuel.
  • Isa 53:1-2 : 1 But who hath geuen credence vnto our preaching? or to whom is the arme of the Lorde knowen? 2 For he dyd growe before the Lorde like as a braunche, and as a roote in a drye grounde, he hath neither beautie nor fauour: when we loke vpon hym, there shalbe no fairenesse, we shall haue no lust vnto hym.
  • Ps 22:6 : 6 But as for me I am a worme and no man: a very scorne of men, and an outcast of the people.
  • Isa 7:11 : 11 Require to thy selfe a token of the Lorde thy God, whether it be towarde the depth beneath, or toward the height aboue.
  • Exod 3:12 : 12 And he aunswered. For I wyll be with thee: and this shalbe a token vnto thee that I haue sent thee, After that thou hast brought the people out of Egypt, ye shall serue God vpon this moutayne.
  • 1 Sam 2:34 : 34 And this shalbe a signe vnto thee, that shal come vpon thy two sonnes Hophni and Phinehes: euen in one day they shall dye both.
  • 1 Sam 10:2-7 : 2 When thou art departed from me this day, thou shalt finde two men by Rahels sepulchre in ye border of Beniamin, euen at Zalezah, and they wil say vnto thee, ye asses which thou wetest to seke, are found: And lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, & soroweth for you, saying: what shal I do for my sonne? 3 Then shalt thou go foorth fro thence, & shalt come to the playne of Thabor, and ther shal meete thee three me going vp to God to Bethel, one carying three kiddes, & another carying three loues of bread, & another carying a botel of wine. 4 And they wil salute thee and geue thee two loues of bread, which thou shalt receaue of their handes. 5 After that, shalt thou come to the hil of God, wher is the garison of the Philistines: And when thou art come thyther to the citie, thou shalt meete a companie of prophetes comming downe fro the hyghe place, with a psalter, a timbrell, a pype, & a harpe before them, and they shal prophesie. 6 And the spirite of the Lorde wil come vpon thee also, and thou shalt prophsie with them, & shalt be turned into another man. 7 Therfore when these signes are come vnto thee, do what thou hast to do, for God is with thee.
  • 2 Kgs 19:29 : 29 And this shalbe a signe vnto thee, O Hezekia: Ye shall eate this yere of such thinges as grow of them selues, and the next yere such as come vp of those that dyd growe of their owne accorde, and the thirde yere sowe ye and reape, plant vineyardes, and eate the fruites therof.
  • 2 Kgs 20:8 : 8 And Hezekia sayde vnto Isai: What shalbe the signe that the Lorde will heale me, and that I shal go vp into the house of the Lorde the thirde day?

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  • Luke 2:5-11
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    5To be taxed with Marie his spoused wyfe, which was with chylde.

    6And so it was, that whyle they were there, the dayes were accomplysshed, that she shoulde be deliuered.

    7And she brought foorth her first begotten sonne, and wrapped him in swadlyng clothes, & layde hym in a manger, because there was no rowme for them in the Inne.

    8There were in ye same countrey sheepheardes, abydyng in the fielde, & watchyng their flocke by nyght.

    9And loe, the Angel of the Lorde stoode harde by them, and the glorie of the Lorde shone rounde about them, & they were sore afrayde.

    10And the Angel sayde vnto them, be not afrayde: For beholde, I bryng you tydynges of great ioy, that shall come to all people.

    11For vnto you is borne this daye, in the citie of Dauid, a sauiour, which is Christ the Lorde.

  • Luke 2:13-18
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    13And straightway, there was with the Angel, a multitude of heauenly souldiers, praysyng God, and saying.

    14Glorie to God on hye, and peace on the earth, and vnto men a good wyll.

    15And it came to passe, assoone as the Angels were gone away from them into heauen, the sheepheardes said one to another: Let vs go nowe euen vnto Bethlehem, and see this thyng that is come to passe, whiche the Lorde hath shewed vnto vs.

    16And they came with haste, and founde Marie and Ioseph, and the babe layde in a manger.

    17And when they had seene it, they publisshed abrode the saying whiche was tolde them, of that childe.

    18And all they that hearde it, wondred at those thinges which were tolde them of the sheepheardes.

  • Luke 1:30-32
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    30And the Angel saide vnto her: Feare not Marie, for thou hast founde grace with God.

    31For beholde, thou shalt conceaue in thy wombe, and beare a sonne, & shalt call his name Iesus.

    32He shalbe great, & shalbe called ye sonne of the hyest: & the Lord God shall geue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid:

  • Luke 2:20-21
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    20And the sheepheardes returned, praysyng & laudyng God, for all the thinges that they had hearde and seene, euen as it was tolde vnto them.

    21And when the eygth day was come, that the chylde shoulde be circumcised, his name was called Iesus, whiche was so named of the Angel, before he was conceaued in the wombe.

  • Matt 1:20-23
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    20But whyle he thought these thinges, beholde, the Angell of the Lord appeared vnto hym in a dreame, saying: Ioseph, thou sonne of Dauid, feare not to take vnto thee Marie thy wife, for that which is conceaued in her, is of the holy ghost.

    21She shall bryng foorth a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iesus: for he shall saue his people from their sinnes.

    22(All this was done, that it myght be fulfilled, which was spoken of the lorde by the prophete, saying:

    23Behold, a virgin shalbe with childe, and shall bryng foorth a sonne, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, whiche is by interpretation, God with vs.)

  • Isa 7:14
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    14Therefore the Lorde hym selfe shall geue you a token: Beholde, a virgin shall conceaue and beare a sonne, and shall call his name Emmanuel.

  • Matt 2:1-2
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    1When Iesus was borne in Bethlehem, a citie of Iurie, in the dayes of Herode the kyng: beholde, there came wise men from the east to Hierusalem,

    2Saying: Where is he that is borne kyng of Iewes? For we haue seene his starre in the east, and are come to worship hym.

  • Matt 2:8-11
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    8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and sayde: Go, and search diligently for the young childe, and when ye haue founde hym, bryng me worde agayne, that I may come, and worship hym also.

    9When they had hearde the kyng, they departed, and loe, the starre which they sawe in the east, went before them, tyl it came & stoode ouer the place wherin the young chylde was.

    10When they sawe the starre, they reioyced excedyngly with great ioy.

    11And went into the house, and founde the young chylde with Marie his mother, and fell downe, and worshypped hym, and opened their treasures, and presented vnto hym gyftes, golde, and frankensence, and mirre.

  • Matt 2:4-6
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    4And when he hadde gathered all the chiefe Priestes and Scribes of the people together, he demaunded of them where Christe shoulde be borne.

    5And they saide vnto him: At Bethlehem in Iurie. For thus it is written by the prophete.

    6And thou Bethlehem in the lande of Iuda, art not the least among the princes of Iuda. For out of thee shall there come a capitain, that shal gouerne my people Israel.

  • Luke 1:14-15
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    14And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnesse, and many shall reioyce at his birth.

    15For he shalbe great in the syght of the Lorde, and shall neither drynke wine nor strong drynke: and he shalbe fylled with the holy ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.

  • Luke 2:31-34
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    31Whiche thou hast prepared before the face of all people:

    32A light to be reuealed to the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

    33And Ioseph and his mother marueyled at those thinges which were spoken of hym.

    34And Simeon blessed them, & saide vnto Marie his mother: beholde, this chylde is set to be the fall & vprysyng agayne of many in Israel, & for a signe which is spoken agaynst.

  • Luke 2:27-28
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    27And he came by inspiration into the temple: And when the father & mother brought in the chylde Iesus, to do for hym after the custome of the lawe,

    28Then toke he hym vp in his armes, & praysed God, and sayde:

  • Matt 1:18
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    18The birth of Iesus Christe was on this wise. When as his mother Marie was betrouthed to Ioseph (before they came together) she was founde with chylde of the holy ghost.

  • Luke 1:26
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    26And in the sixth moneth, the Angel Gabriel was sent from God, vnto a citie of Galilee, named Nazareth,

  • Luke 1:35
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    35And the Angel aunswered, & saide vnto her: The holy ghost shall come vpon thee, & the power of the hyest shall ouershadowe thee. Therefore also that holy thyng whiche shalbe borne, shalbe called the sonne of God.

  • Rev 12:2
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    2And she was with chylde, and cryed, trauaylyng in birth, and payned redy to be delyuered.

  • Luke 2:39
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    39And when they had perfourmed all thynges, accordyng to the lawe of the Lorde, they returned into Galilee, to their owne citie Nazareth.

  • Matt 2:13
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    13When they were departed, beholde, the Angel of the Lord appeared to Ioseph in a dreame, saying: Aryse, & take the young chylde and his mother, and flee into Egipte, and be thou there, tyll I bryng thee worde. For it wyll come to passe, that Herode shall seke ye young chylde, to destroy hym.

  • Luke 1:44
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    44For loe, assoone as the voyce of thy salutation sounded in mine eares, the babe sprang in my wombe for ioy.

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    79To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse, and in the shadowe of death, to guide our feete into the way of peace.

  • Luke 2:23
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    23(As it is written in the lawe of ye Lord: Euery man chylde that firste openeth the wombe, shalbe called holy to ye lord)

  • Matt 1:25
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    25And knewe her not, tyll she hadde brought foorth her first borne sonne, & called his name Iesus.