All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.
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All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.
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And all that hearde it wondred at those thinges which were tolde the of the shepherdes.
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And all that heard it, wondred at ye things which were tolde them of the shepheards.
Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to Luke 2:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 1:65-66 Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea. All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him.
- Luke 2:33 Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him,
- Luke 2:47 All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
- Luke 4:36 Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
- Luke 5:9-10 For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught; and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive.”
- Isaiah 8:18 Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 18 And all they that heard it wondered at…
18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
Ver. 18. Wondered at those things] Yet made little benefit of what they heard. "All the world wondered after the beast," Rev 13:3. And it was a wonder there was no more wondering at the birth of our Saviour; if that were true especially, that (besides the wise men’s star, Mat 2:8-11, and the angelic music in the air, &c.) among the Gentiles a voice was heard, The great God is now about to be born; and that at Rome, the likeness of a woman carrying a child in her arms was seen about the sun, &c. These things are told. Polydore Virgil reports out of Orosius, that on the very day of Christ’s nativity, Augustus Caesar caused proclamation that no man should style him Lord any longer, Manifesto praesagio maioris Dominatus, qui tum in terris ortus esset; as presaging a greater than himself then born.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And all they that heard it,.... What the shepherds…
And all they that heard it,.... What the shepherds related of what they had heard from the angel, and from Joseph and Mary, and what they had seen themselves,
wondered at those things that were told them by the shepherds: for though they expected the Messiah, and that he would be born at Bethlehem, yet they did not imagine that he would be born of such mean parents, and appear in such mean circumstances, and in so contemptible a place; and that shepherds, and not the princes of Israel, should have the first notice of it; and yet the account which these shepherd, who were plain hearted men, and could never be thought to invent such a story, and spread it, and impose on men, without any interest in it, was very surprising; so that they knew not what to say to it, neither to deny, nor believe it; accordingly, the Persic version renders the whole thus, "and whoever heard, wondering, stuck at it"; hesitated about it, and yet astonished at the particulars of it; just as Christ's hearers were in Luk 4:22 who wondered at his ministry, and the manner of it, and yet objected the meanness of his parentage and education.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 18. All they—The Bethlehemites wondered at those statements of…
18. All they—The Bethlehemites wondered at those statements of the angelic ministrations related by the shepherds.
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