Luke 2:15 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 2:15

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

KJV

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

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Commentary

4 voices

Origen of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (253)

But in a mystery, the Angels saw that they could not accomplish the work committed to them without Him Who was truly able to save, and that their healing fell short of what the care of men required.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Irenaeus

Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter 10) (202)

And the angel of the Lord, he says, appeared to the shepherds, proclaiming joy to them: "For [Luke 2:11, etc.] there is born in the house of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Then [appeared] a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, Glory in the highest to God, and on earth peace, to men of good will." The falsely-called Gnostics say that these angels came from the Ogdoad, and made manifest the descent of the superior Christ.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But observe, These shepherds do not speak doubtfully, "Let us go see whether it be so or no;" but with assurance, Let us go see this thing which is come to pass; for what room was left to doubt of it, when the Lord had thus made it known to them? The word spoken by angels was stedfast and unquestionably true.

Modern Voices1 voice

G.K. Chesterton

1874–1936

The Everlasting Man, Part II Ch. 1 "The God in the Cave" (1925)

The shepherds had found their Shepherd.

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Original language & word study

32 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
ἐγένετο	egeneto	it came to pass	G1096 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
ἀπῆλθον	apēlthon	they were departing	G565 →
ἀπ᾽	ap᾽	from	G575 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	them	G846 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
οὐρανὸν	ouranon	heaven	G3772 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
ἄγγελοι,	angeloi	angels,	G32 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
ποιμένες	poimenes	shepherds	G4166 →
ἐλάλουν	elaloun	were speaking	G2980 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
ἀλλήλους·	allēlous	one another;	G240 →
διέλθωμεν	dielthōmen	Let us go through	G1330 →
δὴ	dē	indeed	G1211 →
ἕως	he'ōs	until	G2193 →
Βηθλέεμ	Bēthleem	Bethlehem	G965 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἴδωμεν	idōmen	let us see	G1492 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ῥῆμα	rhēma	declaration	G4487 →
τοῦτο	touto	this	G3778 →
τὸ	to	that	G3588 →
γεγονὸς	gegonos	having happened	G1096 →
ὃ	ho	which	G3739 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
κύριος	kurios	Lord	G2962 →
ἐγνώρισεν	egnōrisen	has made known	G1107 →
ἡμῖν.	hēmin	to us.	G3165 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 3:22
who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
leads to
- Mark 16:19
  After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 9:24
  For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
- Hebrews 12:2
  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…