why did they go down into a cave to have a baby? well, luke tells us that they laid him in a manger because there was no room in the inn. now this word inn is what trips us up every time the greek work is a very simple word. kataluma and it means the guest room or upper room. it means that the house is full and there is no privacy. rather than being able to give birth in the guest room they take her down into the basement cave where things are quiet, where there aren t a bunch of children running around, where they can have some warmth and she gives birth there clearly she is in a family setting. and. [speaking foreign language] born in a cave and layed in a manger. a manger is a trough where animals laid from. that s where they put him for like a bed. swaddle ling gloves are grave clothes. cave in which he was born is reminiscent of the cave which he was buried.
why did they go into a cave to have a baby. luke tells us that they laid him in a manger because there was no room in the inn. now this word inn is what trips us up every time. the greek word is a simple word and it means the guest room or the upper room. it means that the house is full and there s no privacy. rather than being able to give birth in the guest room they take her down into basement cave where things are quiet there aren t a bunch of children around and where they can have warmth and she gives birth there. clearly she is in a family setting. (speaking hebrew) which means he is born in a cave and laid in a manger. a manger is a trough or animals feed from. that s where they put him for a bed. the swaddling clothes are grape