路加福音(Luke) 2:11那就是記號

路加福音(Luke) 2:11 因今天在大衛的城裏，為你們生了救主，就是主基督。

2:12 你們要看見一個嬰孩，包着布，臥在馬槽裏，那就是記號了。」

2:12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

• Wrapped in swaddling clothes: 遮掩在幽暗中

創世記(Genesis) 38:14 她瑪見示拉已經長大，還沒有娶她為妻，就脫了她作寡婦的衣裳，用帕子蒙着臉，又**遮住身體**，坐在亭拿路上的伊拿印城門口。

38:14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

約伯記(Job) 38:9 是我用雲彩當海的衣服，**用幽暗當包裹它的布**，

38:9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

出埃及記(Exodus) 20:21 於是百姓遠遠地站立；摩西就挨近**神所在的幽暗之中**。

20:21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

列王記上(1 Kings) 8:12 那時所羅門說：**耶和華曾說，他必住在幽暗之處**。

8:12 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

詩篇(Psalm) 18:11 他以黑暗為藏身之處，以水的黑暗、天空的厚雲為他四圍的行宮。

18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

• A manger: a feeding trough 食槽，也用於喂羊

約翰福音(John) 6:51 我是從天上降下來生命的糧；人若吃這糧，就必永遠活着。我所要賜的糧就是我的肉，為世人之生命所賜的。」

6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

6:55 我的肉真是可吃的，我的血真是可喝的。

6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

馬太福音(Matthew) 2:6 猶大地的伯利恆啊，你在猶大諸城中並不是最小的；因為將來有一位君王要從你那裏出來，牧養我以色列民。」

2:6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

Bethlehem：house of bread 糧房

• 記號：遮掩在幽暗中 + 躺在食槽中

啟示錄(Revelation) 2:17 聖靈向眾教會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當聽！得勝的，我必將**那隱藏的嗎哪**賜給他，並賜他一塊白石，石上寫着新名；除了那領受的以外，沒有人能認識。』」

2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.