Mangers
man'-jer (phatne): Properly the place in a stall or stable
where the food of cattle is placed (in the Old Testament
"crib" (Job 39:9; Prov 14:4; Isa 1:3)); thus also, apparently,
in the narrative of the nativity in Lk 2:7,12,16. In
Septuagint, the Greek word, representing different Hebrew
words, has also the extended meaning of "stall" (2 Ch 3...
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(A feeding box for cattle)
Lu 2:7,12,16
-Rendered "stall" in
Lu 13:15...
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This word occurs only in Lu 2:7,12,16 in connection with the
birth of Christ. It means a crib or feeding trough; but
according to Schleusner its real signification in the New
Testament is the open court-yard attached to the inn or khan,
in which the cattle would be shut at night, and where the
poorer travellers might unpack their animals and t...
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(Luke 2:7, 12, 16), the name (Gr. phatne, rendered "stall" in
Luke 13:15) given to the place where the infant
Redeemer was
laid. It seems to have been a stall or crib for
feeding cattle.
Stables and mangers in our modern sense were in
ancient times
unknown in the East. The word here properly denotes
"the ledge
or projection in the end of t...
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And 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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And this [shall be] a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger....
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And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the
babe lying in a manger....
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BETHLEHEM HOUSE AND MANGER
The humble scene of the birthplace of the Baby JESUS is so often interpreted with Occidental instead of Oriental flavor that it would be well for Westerners to have the description of the kind of a Bethlehem house in which the Saviour was doubtless born, as given by John D. Whiting.40
Entering the door of this one-room ...
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