But if you read Luca 2:7 in an Italian version of the
Bible, you won't see a literal translation of gave birth or brought forth. It
says, diede
alla luce.
This phrase literally means, she gave
to the light, her firstborn son. What an awesome way to
describe Christ's birth into this world. Now lest you think this is a specific
way of describing the entrance of the Son of God into the world, let me point
out that Luca 1:57 uses this same phrase, diede alla luce, when speaking of the birth of John the
Baptist as well. In fact, this wording is used throughout the Italian version
of the Bible and throughout Italy in general.
