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Luke 2:18

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does Luke 2:18 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by the shepherds.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by the shepherds.
Luke 2:18 — American Standard Version

Context — Luke 2

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
15And 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.
16And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger.
17And when they saw it, they made known concerning the saying which was spoken to them about this child.
18And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by the shepherds.
19But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
20And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them.
21And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called JESUS, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And all they that heard it, etc.] 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…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“wondered: Luk 2:33, Luk 2:47, Luk 1:65, Luk 1:66, Luk 4:36, Luk 5:9, Luk 5:10; Isa 8:18 Luke 2:19”
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