Luke 2:18 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 2:18

And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by the shepherds.

KJV

And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

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Commentary

2 voices

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 record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The shepherds were plain, downright, honest men, and they could not suspect them guilty of any design to impose upon them; what they had said therefore was likely to be true, and, if true, they could not but wonder at it, that the Messiah should be born in a stable and not in a palace, that angels should bring news of it to poor shepherds and not to the chief priests.

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

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
πάντες	pantes	all	G3956 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
ἀκούσαντες	akousantes	having heard	G191 →
ἐθαύμασαν	ethaumasan	they marveled	G2296 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
τῶν	tōn	the [things]	G3588 →
λαληθέντων	lalēthentōn	having been spoken	G2980 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	by	G5259 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
ποιμένων	poimenōn	shepherds	G4166 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτούς.¶	autous	them.	G846 →

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
Luke 4:36
All the people were overcome with amazement and asked one another, “What is this message? With authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
leads to
- Luke 4:32
  They were astonished at His teaching, because His message had authority.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 1:27
  All the people were amazed and began to ask one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!”
- Acts 19:12–16
  so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
- 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.
- Matthew 12:22–23
  Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.
Through
Luke 2:47
And all who heard Him were astounded at His understanding and His answers.
leads to
- Matthew 7:28
  When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,
- Psalms 119:99
  I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
- John 7:15
  The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”