Luke 2:15

And it came about, when the malachim withdrew from them to Shomayim, the roim (shepherds) were saying to one another, Let us go now up to Beit-Lechem and let us see this thing that has come about which Hashem has made known to us.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14Kavod to Hashem in the Highest; and on haaretz shalom among Bnei Adam kavvanah tovah (of good intention). + 2:14 Isa 9:5-6; 52:7; 53:5; Mic 5:4-5

16And they came in haste and found both Miryam and Yosef, + 2:16 ben Dovid and the child was lying in the evus (animal feeding trough). + 2:16 See Isa 53:7 on Moshiach the Seh

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Cross References

Exodus 3:3And Moshe thought, I will now turn aside, and see this mareh hagadol, why the bush is not burned up.

2 Kings 2:11And it came to pass, as they still walked on, and talked, that, hinei, there appeared a merkavah of eish, and susim of eish, and separated the two of them between them; and Eliyahu went up in a se'arah (storm wind, whirlwind) into Shomayim.

Matthew 2:1Now after Yehoshua was born in Beit-Lechem Yehudah, in the days of Herod + 2:1 the Great, the Roman client king — hinei! — chachamim from eretz Mizrach (the land of the East) arrived in Yerushalayim,

Matthew 12:42The Queen of the South will be made to stand up alive at the Yom HaDin with this generation and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the chochmah of Sh'lomo and, hinei, something much greater than Sh'lomo is here.

John 20:1Now on the Yom Rishon, Miryam of Magdala comes early, while it was still dark, to the kever (tomb) and sees the stone having been taken away from the kever.

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:9-21

Angels Appear to the Shepherds; Visit of the Shepherds to Christ. 8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.… Read the whole commentary →

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