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Thursday, July 24th, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Luke 2:18

and all who heard it were astonished at what the shepherds said.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Mary;   Shepherd;   Zeal, Religious;   Scofield Reference Index - Gospel;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shepherd;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jesus;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bethlehem;   Joseph;   Luke, Gospel of;   Shepherd;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jesus Christ;   Vision;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Amazement;   Keeping;   Reverence;   Sheep, Shepherd;   Virgin Birth;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Joseph ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Babe;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joseph, Husband of Mary;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
King James Version (1611)
And all they that heard it, wondered at those things, which were tolde them by the shepheards.
King James Version
And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
English Standard Version
And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.
New American Standard Bible
And all who heard it were amazed about the things which were told them by the shepherds.
New Century Version
Everyone was amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
Amplified Bible
and all who heard it were astounded and wondered at what the shepherds told them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And all who heard it wondered at the things which were told them by the shepherds.
Legacy Standard Bible
And all who heard it marveled at the things which were told them by the shepherds.
Berean Standard Bible
And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
Contemporary English Version
Everyone listened and was surprised.
Complete Jewish Bible
and all who heard were amazed by what the shepherds said to them.
Darby Translation
And all who heard [it] wondered at the things said to them by the shepherds.
Easy-to-Read Version
Everyone was surprised when they heard what the shepherds told them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And all that heard it, wondred at ye things which were tolde them of the shepheards.
George Lamsa Translation
And all who heard it were amazed at the things which were spoken by the shepherds.
Good News Translation
All who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said.
Lexham English Bible
And all who heard it were astonished concerning what had been said to them by the shepherds.
Literal Translation
And all those hearing marveled about the things spoken to them by the shepherds.
American Standard Version
And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by the shepherds.
Bible in Basic English
And all those to whose ears it came were full of wonder at the things said by the keepers of the sheep.
Hebrew Names Version
All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.
International Standard Version
All who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them,
Etheridge Translation
And all who heard wondered at those (things) which were told them by the shepherds.
Murdock Translation
And all that heard, wondered at the things that were told them by the shepherds.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all they that hearde it, wondred at those thinges which were tolde them of the sheepheardes.
English Revised Version
And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by the shepherds.
World English Bible
All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And all that heard wondered at the things which were told them by the shepherds.
Weymouth's New Testament
and all who listened were astonished at what the shepherds told them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And alle men that herden wondriden, and of these thingis that weren seid to hem of the scheephirdis.
Update Bible Version
And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.
Webster's Bible Translation
And all they that heard [it], wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
New King James Version
And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
New Living Translation
All who heard the shepherds' story were astonished,
New Life Bible
All who heard it were surprised at what the shepherds told them.
New Revised Standard
and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, all who heard, marvelled concerning the things which had been told by the shepherds unto them;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all that heard wondered: and at those things that were told them by the shepherds.
Revised Standard Version
and all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And all that hearde it wondred at those thinges which were tolde the of the shepherdes.
Young's Literal Translation
And all who heard, did wonder concerning the things spoken by the shepherds unto them;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And all they that herde it, wondred at the wordes, which the shepherdes had tolde them.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and all that heard of it, were surprized at what the shepherds related.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Everyone that night, and later, could hardly believe what the cowboys had to say about that night,

Contextual Overview

8 Now there were shepherds nearby living out in the field, keeping guard over their flock at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were absolutely terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people: 11 Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord. 12 This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger." 13 Suddenly a vast, heavenly army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!" 15 When the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord has made known to us." 16 So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger. 17 When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wondered: Luke 2:33, Luke 2:47, Luke 1:65, Luke 1:66, Luke 4:36, Luke 5:9, Luke 5:10, Isaiah 8:18

Cross-References

Genesis 1:31
God saw all that he had made—and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis 2:7
The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
Genesis 2:9
The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food. (Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.)
Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 2:12
(The gold of that land is pure; pearls and lapis lazuli are also there).
Genesis 2:13
The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through the entire land of Cush.
Genesis 3:12
The man said, "The woman whom you gave me, she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it."
Ruth 3:1
At that time, Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, "My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure.
Proverbs 18:22
The one who finds a wife finds what is enjoyable, and receives a pleasurable gift from the Lord .
1 Corinthians 7:36
If anyone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the bloom of youth and it seems necessary, he should do what he wishes; he does not sin. Let them marry.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 Luke 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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