Luke 2:12

2:12 This ¹  will be a sign ²  for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.” ³ 

Luke 21:7

21:7 So ⁴  they asked him, ⁵  “Teacher, when will these things ⁶  happen? And what will be the sign that ⁷  these things are about to take place?”

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¹ tn Grk “And this.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² sn The sign functions for the shepherds like Elizabeth’s conception served for Mary in 1:36.

³ tn Or “a feeding trough,” see Luke 2:7.

⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ comments about the temple’s future destruction.

⁵ tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

⁶ sn Both references to these things are plural, so more than the temple’s destruction is in view. The question may presuppose that such a catastrophe signals the end.

⁷ tn Grk “when.”