The Gospel of Luke : a popular commentary upon a critical basis, especially designed for pastors and Sunday schools . C. Fish when in Bethlehemsaid, I saw again here how habitscling to places; for the babe of one ofthe women whom I met on the streetwas actually swaddled up like a mummy, as here pictured. The designis to secure a straight form, besidesbeing a matter of convenience in trans-portation (much as our Indians wraptheir pappooses and lash them totheir backs). The habit is common inBethlehem and elsewhere—perhaps lessso, however, than that of confining thebabes just as closely in a kin
The Gospel of Luke : a popular commentary upon a critical basis, especially designed for pastors and Sunday schools . C. Fish when in Bethlehemsaid, I saw again here how habitscling to places; for the babe of one ofthe women whom I met on the streetwas actually swaddled up like a mummy, as here pictured. The designis to secure a straight form, besidesbeing a matter of convenience in trans-portation (much as our Indians wraptheir pappooses and lash them totheir backs). The habit is common inBethlehem and elsewhere—perhaps lessso, however, than that of confining thebabes just as closely in a kind ofcradle, in which I have often seen themcarried into the fields, to lie there,unable to move, while the mother is ather work. Sometimes the swaddlingbands cover feet and head, leaving onlya breathing-place.—JBible Lands Illus-trated, p. 365. A manger, or crib, a hollow placefor food, a feeding-trough in a stable,Isa. 1:3. The mangers are built ofsmall stones and mortar, in the shapeof a box, or rather of a kneading-trough ; and when cleaned up andwhitewashed, as they often are in sum- -==^ ?^=-^~^^^-/. SWADDLED BABE IN BETHLEHEM. mer, they do very well to lay littlebabes in. Indeed, our own childrenhave slept in them in our rude sum-mer retieats on the mountains.—, The Land and the Book,vol. ii., 98. It is implied that Josejihand Mary had for their lodging-place astable or outhouse where animals werehoused and fed. The reason is there was no room, many had come from different partsof the land to be registered. Besides,all the room at the inn was probablysecured by those of more property andworldly influence. Moreover, Jose^jh I 3 had found it necessary to travel slowlyon Marys account. Others could easilypass them. Bengel quaintly remarks, Even now there is seldom place forChrist in inns. Dr. Farrar {Life ofChrist, p. 4) found himself late onenight at the khan (or inn) Hulda,where he was comi^elled to find accom-modations in the court-yar
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