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1 Бы́сть же во дни̑ ты̑ѧ, и҆зы́де повелѣ́нїе ѿ ке́сарѧ а҆́ѵгꙋста написа́ти всю̀ вселе́ннꙋю. 2 Сїѐ написа́нїе пе́рвое бы́сть владѧ́щꙋ сѷрі́ею кѷрині́ю. 3 И҆ и҆дѧ́хꙋ всѝ написа́тисѧ, ко́ждо во сво́й гра́дъ. 4 Взы́де же и҆ і҆ѡ́сифъ ѿ галїле́и, и҆з̾ гра́да назаре́та, во і҆ꙋде́ю, во гра́дъ дв҃довъ, и҆́же нарица́етсѧ виѳлее́мъ, занѐ бы́ти є҆мꙋ̀ ѿ до́мꙋ и҆ ѻ҆те́чества дв҃дова, 5 написа́тисѧ съ мр҃і́ею ѡ҆брꙋче́ною є҆мꙋ̀ жено́ю, сꙋ́щею непра́здною. 6 Бы́сть же, є҆гда̀ бы́ста та́мѡ, и҆спо́лнишасѧ дні́е роди́ти є҆́й: 7 и҆ родѝ сн҃а своего̀ пе́рвенца, и҆ пови́тъ є҆го̀, и҆ положѝ є҆го̀ въ ꙗ҆́слехъ: занѐ не бѣ̀ и҆̀мъ мѣ́ста во ѡ҆би́тели. 8 И҆ па́стырїе бѣ́хꙋ въ то́йже странѣ̀, бдѧ́ще и҆ стрегꙋ́ще стра́жꙋ нощнꙋ́ю ѡ҆ ста́дѣ свое́мъ. 9 И҆ сѐ, а҆́гг҃лъ гдⷭ҇ень ста̀ въ ни́хъ, и҆ сла́ва гдⷭ҇нѧ ѡ҆сїѧ̀ и҆̀хъ: и҆ ᲂу҆боѧ́шасѧ стра́хомъ ве́лїимъ. 10 И҆ речѐ и҆̀мъ а҆́гг҃лъ: не бо́йтесѧ: се́ бо, бл҃говѣствꙋ́ю ва́мъ ра́дость ве́лїю, ꙗ҆́же бꙋ́детъ всѣ̑мъ лю́демъ: 11 ꙗ҆́кѡ роди́сѧ ва́мъ дне́сь сп҃съ, и҆́же є҆́сть хрⷭ҇то́съ гдⷭ҇ь, во гра́дѣ дв҃довѣ: 12 и҆ сѐ ва́мъ зна́менїе: ѡ҆брѧ́щете млⷣнца пови́та, лежа́ща въ ꙗ҆́слехъ. 13 И҆ внеза́пꙋ бы́сть со а҆́гг҃ломъ мно́жество вѡ́й нбⷭ҇ныхъ, хва́лѧщихъ бг҃а и҆ глаго́лющихъ: 14◆ сла́ва въ вы́шнихъ бг҃ꙋ, и҆ на землѝ ми́ръ, во человѣ́цѣхъ бл҃говоле́нїе. 15 И҆ бы́сть, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѿидо́ша ѿ ни́хъ на не́бо а҆́гг҃ли, и҆ человѣ́цы па́стырїе рѣ́ша дрꙋ́гъ ко дрꙋ́гꙋ: пре́йдемъ до виѳлее́ма и҆ ви́димъ гл҃го́лъ се́й бы́вшїй, є҆го́же гдⷭ҇ь сказа̀ на́мъ. 16 И҆ прїидо́ша поспѣ́шшесѧ, и҆ ѡ҆брѣто́ша мр҃їа́мь же и҆ і҆ѡ́сифа, и҆ млⷣнца лежа́ща во ꙗ҆́слехъ. 17 Ви́дѣвше же сказа́ша ѡ҆ гл҃го́лѣ гл҃го́ланнѣмъ и҆̀мъ ѡ҆ ѻ҆троча́ти се́мъ. 18 И҆ всѝ слы́шавшїи диви́шасѧ ѡ҆ глаго́ланныхъ ѿ па́стырей къ ни̑мъ. 19 Мр҃їа́мь же соблюда́ше всѧ̑ глаго́лы сїѧ̑, слага́ющи въ се́рдцы свое́мъ. 20 И҆ возврати́шасѧ па́стырїе, сла́вѧще и҆ хва́лѧще бг҃а ѡ҆ всѣ́хъ, ꙗ҆̀же слы́шаша и҆ ви́дѣша, ꙗ҆́коже глаго́лано бы́сть къ ни̑мъ. 21 И҆ є҆гда̀ и҆спо́лнишасѧ ѻ҆́смь дні́й, да ѡ҆брѣ́жꙋтъ є҆го̀, и҆ нареко́ша и҆́мѧ є҆мꙋ̀ і҆и҃съ, нарече́нное а҆́гг҃ломъ пре́жде да́же не зача́тсѧ во чре́вѣ. 22 И҆ є҆гда̀ и҆спо́лнишасѧ дні́е ѡ҆чище́нїѧ є҆ю̀, по зако́нꙋ мѡѷсе́овꙋ, вознесо́ста є҆го̀ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мъ, поста́вити є҆го̀ пред̾ гдⷭ҇емъ, 23 ꙗ҆́коже є҆́сть пи́сано въ зако́нѣ гдⷭ҇ни: ꙗ҆́кѡ всѧ́къ младе́нецъ мꙋ́жеска по́лꙋ, разверза́ѧ ложесна̀, ст҃о гдⷭ҇еви нарече́тсѧ: 24 и҆ є҆́же да́ти же́ртвꙋ, по рече́нномꙋ въ зако́нѣ гдⷭ҇ни, два̀ гѡ́рличища и҆лѝ два̀ птенца̑ голꙋби̑на. 25 И҆ сѐ, бѣ̀ человѣ́къ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мѣ, є҆мꙋ́же и҆́мѧ сѷмеѡ́нъ. И҆ человѣ́къ се́й првⷣнъ и҆ бл҃гочⷭ҇ти́въ, ча́ѧ ᲂу҆тѣ́хи і҆и҃левы: и҆ дх҃ъ бѣ̀ ст҃ъ въ не́мъ. 26 И҆ бѣ̀ є҆мꙋ̀ ѡ҆бѣща́нно дх҃омъ ст҃ы́мъ, не ви́дѣти сме́рти, пре́жде да́же не ви́дитъ хрⷭ҇та̀ гдⷭ҇нѧ. 27 И҆ прїи́де дꙋ́хомъ въ це́рковь. И҆ є҆гда̀ введо́ста роди́тєлѧ ѻ҆троча̀ і҆и҃са, сотвори́ти и҆́ма по ѡ҆бы́чаю зако́нномꙋ ѡ҆ не́мъ, 28 и҆ то́й прїе́мь є҆го̀ на рꙋкꙋ̀ своє́ю, и҆ бл҃гословѝ бг҃а, и҆ речѐ: 29 нн҃ѣ ѿпꙋща́еши раба̀ твоего̀, влⷣко, по гл҃ꙋ твоемꙋ̀, съ ми́ромъ: 30 ꙗ҆́кѡ ви́дѣстѣ ѻ҆́чи моѝ спⷭ҇нїе твоѐ, 31 є҆́же є҆сѝ ᲂу҆гото́валъ пред̾ лице́мъ всѣ́хъ люді́й: 32 свѣ́тъ во ѿкрове́нїе ꙗ҆зы́кѡмъ, и҆ сла́вꙋ люді́й твои́хъ і҆и҃лѧ. 33 И҆ бѣ̀ і҆ѡ́сифъ и҆ мт҃и є҆гѡ̀ чꙋдѧ̑щасѧ ѡ҆ глаго́лемыхъ ѡ҆ не́мъ. 34 И҆ бл҃гословѝ ѧ҆̀ сѷмеѡ́нъ, и҆ речѐ къ мр҃і́и мт҃ри є҆гѡ̀: сѐ, лежи́тъ се́й на паде́нїе и҆ на воста́нїе мнѡ́гимъ во і҆и҃ли, и҆ въ зна́менїе прерѣка́емо: 35 и҆ тебѣ́ же само́й дш҃ꙋ про́йдетъ ѻ҆рꙋ́жїе: ꙗ҆́кѡ да ѿкры́ютсѧ ѿ мно́гихъ серде́цъ помышлє́нїѧ. 36 И҆ бѣ̀ а҆́нна прⷪ҇ро́чица, дщѝ фанꙋ́илева, ѿ колѣ́на а҆си́рова: сїѧ̀ заматорѣ́вши во дне́хъ мно́зѣхъ, жи́вши съ мꙋ́жемъ се́дмь лѣ́тъ ѿ дѣ́вства своегѡ̀: 37 и҆ та̀ вдова̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ лѣ́тъ ѻ҆́смьдесѧтъ и҆ четы́ре, ꙗ҆́же не ѿхожда́ше ѿ це́ркве, посто́мъ и҆ моли́твами слꙋжа́щи де́нь и҆ но́щь. 38 И҆ та̀ въ то́й ча́съ приста́вши и҆сповѣ́дашесѧ гдⷭ҇еви и҆ глаго́лаше ѡ҆ не́мъ всѣ̑мъ ча́ющымъ и҆збавле́нїѧ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мѣ. 39 И҆ ꙗ҆́кѡ сконча́шасѧ всѧ̑ по зако́нꙋ гдⷭ҇ню, возврати́шасѧ въ галїле́ю, во гра́дъ сво́й назаре́тъ. 40 Ѻ҆троча́ же растѧ́ше и҆ крѣплѧ́шесѧ дх҃омъ, и҆сполнѧ́ѧсѧ премⷣрости: и҆ блгⷣть бж҃їѧ бѣ̀ на не́мъ. 41 И҆ хожда́ста роди́тєлѧ є҆гѡ̀ на всѧ́ко лѣ́то во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мъ въ пра́здникъ па́схи. 42 И҆ є҆гда̀ бы́сть двоюна́десѧти лѣ̑тꙋ, восходѧ́щымъ и҆̀мъ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мъ по ѡ҆бы́чаю пра́здника, 43 и҆ сконча́вшымъ дни̑, и҆ возвраща́ющимасѧ и҆́ма, ѡ҆ста̀ ѻ҆́трокъ і҆и҃съ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мѣ: и҆ не разꙋмѣ̀ і҆ѡ́сифъ и҆ мт҃и є҆гѡ̀: 44 мнѣ̑вша же є҆го̀ въ дрꙋжи́нѣ сꙋ́ща, преидо́ста днѐ пꙋ́ть, и҆ и҆ска́ста є҆го̀ во сро́дницѣхъ и҆ въ зна́емыхъ: 45 и҆ не ѡ҆брѣ̑тша є҆го̀, возврати́стасѧ во і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мъ, взыска̑юща є҆го̀. 46 И҆ бы́сть по трїе́хъ дне́хъ, ѡ҆брѣто́ста є҆го̀ въ це́ркви, сѣдѧ́щаго посредѣ̀ ᲂу҆чи́телей, и҆ послꙋ́шающаго и҆́хъ, и҆ вопроша́ющаго и҆̀хъ: 47 ᲂу҆жаса́хꙋсѧ же всѝ послꙋ́шающїи є҆гѡ̀ ѡ҆ ра́зꙋмѣ и҆ ѡ҆ ѿвѣ́тѣхъ є҆гѡ̀. 48 И҆ ви̑дѣвша є҆го̀, диви́стасѧ: и҆ къ немꙋ̀ мт҃и є҆гѡ̀ речѐ: ча́до, что̀ сотворѝ на́ма та́кѡ; сѐ, ѻ҆те́цъ тво́й и҆ а҆́зъ болѧ̑ща и҆ска́хома тебѐ. 49 И҆ речѐ къ ни́ма: что̀ ꙗ҆́кѡ и҆ска́ста менѐ; не вѣ́ста ли, ꙗ҆́кѡ въ тѣ́хъ, ꙗ҆̀же ѻ҆ц҃а̀ моегѡ̀, досто́итъ бы́ти мѝ; 50 И҆ та̑ не разꙋмѣ́ста гл҃го́ла, є҆го́же гл҃а и҆́ма. 51 И҆ сни́де съ ни́ма и҆ прїи́де въ назаре́тъ: и҆ бѣ̀ повинꙋ́ѧсѧ и҆́ма. И҆ мт҃и є҆гѡ̀ соблюда́ше всѧ̑ гл҃го́лы сїѧ̑ въ срⷣцы свое́мъ. 52 И҆ і҆и҃съ преспѣва́ше премⷣростїю и҆ во́зрастомъ и҆ блгⷣтїю ᲂу҆ бг҃а и҆ человѣ̑къ.

People & places in this chapter

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People

  • Anna

    Prophetess in the temple

    A prophetess of the tribe of Asher, well along in years, who never left the temple and gave thanks to God and spoke of the child to all who awaited redemption.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 2:36

  • Caesar Augustus

    Roman emperor

    The emperor from whom a decree went out that the whole empire be registered, bringing Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 2:1

  • Joseph

    Legal father of Jesus

    The carpenter of Nazareth, a just man who became Jesus' legal father.

    Cited in the guide: Matt. 1:16-25; 2:13-23; Luke 1:27; 2:1-7

  • Mary

    Mother of Jesus

    The virgin mother of Jesus, a young woman of Nazareth who trusted God's word.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 1; Luke 1-2

  • Phanuel

    Father of Anna

    Named in Luke 2:36 as the father of the prophetess Anna.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 2:36

  • Quirinius

    Governor of Syria

    The governor of Syria at the time of the first census decreed by Caesar Augustus.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 2:2

  • Simeon

    Righteous man who held the infant Jesus

    A righteous and devout man of Jerusalem, told by the Holy Spirit he would not die before seeing the Lord's Christ, who took the child in his arms and blessed God.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 2:25; Luke 2:34

Places

  • Bethlehem

    Today: West Bank, Palestinian territories

    Bethlehem was the home of Ruth and Boaz and the birthplace of David. Micah named it as the Messiah's birthplace — fulfilled in Jesus' nativity.

    Cited in the guide: Micah 5:2; Ruth 1:19; Luke 2:4-7

  • Nazareth

    Today: Northern Israel (Galilee)

    A small agricultural village never named in the Old Testament. Jesus spent his childhood and early life here before beginning his public ministry.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 2:39-40; Matthew 2:23; John 1:46

Cross references (49)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Luke 3:1; Matthew 24:14; Acts 25:21
  2. 2 Luke 3:1
  3. 4 Micah 5:2; John 7:42; 1 Samuel 16:1; Matthew 2:23; Luke 1:26–27
  4. 5 Matthew 1:18–19; Deuteronomy 22:22–27
  5. 6 Psalm 33:11; Revelation 12:1–5; Micah 5:2; Proverbs 19:21; Luke 1:57
  6. 7 Galatians 4:4; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Isaiah 53:2–3; John 1:14; Luke 2:11–12
  7. 8 Psalm 78:70–71; Genesis 31:39–40; John 10:8–12; 1 Samuel 17:34–35; Ezekiel 34:8
  8. 9 Isaiah 60:1; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Acts 27:23; Revelation 18:1; 1 Kings 8:11
  9. 10 Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 61:1; Isaiah 52:7; Genesis 12:3; Matthew 28:18
  10. 11 Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 1:21; Titus 3:4–7; Acts 2:36; Matthew 16:16
  11. 12 Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 53:1–2; Isaiah 7:11; Psalm 22:6; 2 Kings 19:29
  12. 13 Revelation 5:11; Psalm 148:2; Psalm 103:20–21; 1 Kings 22:19; Luke 15:10
  13. 14 Romans 5:1; Luke 19:38; Luke 1:79; Colossians 1:20; Isaiah 9:6–7
  14. 15 1 Peter 3:22; Matthew 2:1–2; Luke 24:51; Exodus 3:3; Matthew 2:9–11
  15. 16 Luke 19:32; Luke 2:12; Luke 2:7; Luke 22:13; Luke 1:39
  16. 17 Psalm 66:16; Luke 8:39; Psalm 71:17–18; Luke 2:38; Psalm 16:9–10
  17. 18 Luke 1:65–66; Luke 4:36; Luke 2:33; Isaiah 8:18; Luke 5:9–10
  18. 19 Luke 2:51; Luke 1:66; Proverbs 4:4; 1 Samuel 21:12; Genesis 37:11
  19. 20 Psalm 106:48; Acts 11:18; 1 Chronicles 29:10–12; Psalm 72:17–19; Matthew 9:8
  20. 21 Leviticus 12:3; Genesis 17:12; Luke 1:31; Luke 1:59; Matthew 1:21
  21. 22 Leviticus 12:1–8
  22. 23 Exodus 13:2; Numbers 3:13; Exodus 22:29; Numbers 18:15; Exodus 34:19
  23. 24 Leviticus 12:6–8; Leviticus 12:2; 2 Corinthians 8:9
  24. 25 Isaiah 25:9; Luke 2:38; Luke 1:6; Titus 2:11–14; Mark 15:43
  25. 26 John 8:51; Hebrews 11:5; Luke 9:27; Acts 10:38; John 20:31
  26. 27 Luke 2:22; Matthew 4:1; Luke 2:48; Luke 2:41; Acts 10:19
  27. 28 Luke 1:64; Luke 2:13–14; Mark 9:36; Luke 2:20; Mark 10:16
  28. 29 Revelation 14:13; Genesis 15:15; Philippians 1:23; Genesis 46:30; Isaiah 57:1–2
  29. 30 Isaiah 49:6; Luke 2:10–11; Genesis 49:18; Isaiah 52:10; Luke 3:6
  30. 31 Isaiah 42:1–4; Isaiah 62:1–2; Psalm 98:2–3; Isaiah 42:10–12; Isaiah 45:21–25
  31. 32 Isaiah 60:1–3; Isaiah 49:6; Acts 26:23; Acts 13:47–48; Isaiah 42:6–7
  32. 33 Isaiah 8:18; Luke 1:65–66; Luke 2:48
  33. 34 1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Peter 2:7–8; Isaiah 8:14–15; Matthew 21:44; 2 Corinthians 2:15–16
  34. 35 Deuteronomy 8:2; 1 Corinthians 11:19; Matthew 12:24–35; Luke 16:14–15; Acts 8:21–23
  35. 36 Psalm 92:14; Exodus 15:20; Genesis 30:13; Judges 4:4; Acts 2:18
  36. 37 1 Timothy 5:5; Psalm 23:6; Acts 14:23; Psalm 27:4; Acts 13:3
  37. 38 Luke 2:25; 2 Corinthians 9:15; Luke 1:68; Mark 15:43; Luke 24:21
  38. 39 Luke 2:4; Galatians 4:4–5; Matthew 3:15; Deuteronomy 12:32; Luke 2:21–24
  39. 40 Luke 2:52; Luke 1:80; Isaiah 11:1–5; John 1:14; 1 Samuel 2:26
  40. 41 Numbers 28:16; Leviticus 23:5; Exodus 23:14–17; Deuteronomy 16:1–8; Exodus 12:14
  41. 43 2 Chronicles 30:21–23; Exodus 12:15; 2 Chronicles 25:17
  42. 44 Isaiah 2:3; Psalm 122:1–4; Psalm 42:4
  43. 46 Isaiah 49:1–2; Luke 5:17; Isaiah 50:4; Acts 5:34; Matthew 27:63–64
  44. 47 Matthew 7:28; Luke 4:32; Psalm 119:99; John 7:15; Luke 4:22
  45. 48 Luke 2:49; Matthew 12:46; Luke 3:23; Luke 4:22
  46. 49 John 6:38; John 8:29; Malachi 3:1; Psalm 40:8; John 4:34
  47. 50 Luke 18:34; Mark 9:32; Luke 9:45
  48. 51 Luke 2:19; Daniel 7:28; Genesis 37:11; Mark 6:3; Ephesians 5:21
  49. 52 Luke 2:40; Proverbs 3:3–4; 1 Samuel 2:26; Romans 14:18; Luke 1:80

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  1. Quotes verse 2:42 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book I, Chapters III–IV)

    The production, again, of the Duodecad of the Æons, is indicated by the fact that the Lord was twelve years of age when He disputed with the teachers of the law, and by the election of the apostles, for of these there were twelve.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 2:14 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XIII, Chapters VI–XI)

    In Thy good pleasure lies our peace. The body by its own weight gravitates towards its own place.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  3. Quotes verse 2:48 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily III)

    See, for instance, what saith the Virgin even to Himself: "Behold, Thy father and I have sought Thee." For if this suspicion had been entertained, neither would He any longer have been accounted to be a Son of David, and this opinion not being held, many other evils besides would have arisen.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 2:49 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture VII)

    For we shall not tolerate the heretics who sever the Old Testament from the New, but shall believe Christ, who says concerning the temple, Wist ye not that I must be in My Father's house?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  5. Quotes verse 2:14 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapter XVI)

    For how are angels to cry "Glory to God in the highest" without being empowered by the Spirit?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)