Lying in a manger. This was to be the sign. On that night there would, perhaps, be no other children born in the Bethlehem village; certainly the shepherds would find no other newly born infant cradled in a manger.
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Luke 2:12
Luke 2:12
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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