Luke 2:8

And there were, shepherds, in the same country, dwelling in the fields, and keeping the watches of the night over their flock.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

In Context

7and she gave birth to her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

9And, a messenger of the Lord, stood over them, and, a glory of the Lord, shone round about them; and they feared, a great fear.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:39The torn, have I not brought in unto thee—I bare the loss, At my hand, didst thou require it,—Stolen by day, or stolen by night.

1 Samuel 17:34Then said David unto Saul, Thy servant used to tend his father’s sheep,—and there would come a lion, or a bear, and carry off a lamb out of the flock;

Ezekiel 34:8As I live,— Declareth My Lord Yahweh, Surely because my flock became a prey. And my flock became food for every wild beast of the field, through having no shepherd, Neither did my shepherds inquire after the flock, —But the shepherds tended themselves. And my flock, they tended not

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:2-8

The Birth of Christ. 1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2 ( And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with… Read the whole commentary →

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