KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Luke 2:16–17
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Luke 2:16
16And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
16And they came with haste, and found Mary and Ioseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
Luke 2:17
17And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
17And when they had seene it, they made knowen abroad the saying, which was told them, concerning this child.
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DEFINED WORDS
Luke 2:16
Speed or urgency in action; as a verb, to hurry or act quickly.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
An infant or very young child; figuratively, one immature in understanding.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
A trough or box in which fodder is laid for cattle, or the place in which horses and cattle are fed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
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Luke 2:17
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Recognized, understood, perceived, acknowledged, or made evident.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Out of one's house; away from home; from a distance.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
To tell: to say, relate, inform, count, or make known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
concerning
Regarding, relating to, or about.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A son or daughter; a young person; a descendant; or one characterized by a stated relation or quality.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 16
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Open the full verse study32And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.
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Open the full verse study12And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
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Open the full verse study7And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
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Open the full verse study13And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
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Open the full verse study39And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
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Open the full verse study10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
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Open the full verse study39Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.
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Open the full verse study16Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
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Open the full verse study38And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
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Open the full verse study17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
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Open the full verse study16¶ Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
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Open the full verse study9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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Open the full verse study41He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
42And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
43¶ The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
44Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
46And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
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Open the full verse study28The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
29Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
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