Luke 2:8

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And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.

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  • Gen 31:39-40 : 39 I did not bring you animals torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for whatever was stolen by day or night. 40 This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime, and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
  • Ezek 34:8 : 8 'As surely as I live,' declares the Lord GOD, 'because My flock has become prey and My flock has become food for every wild animal since there was no shepherd and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock,
  • John 10:8-9 : 8 All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters through me, they will be saved; they will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired worker, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep, and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters them.
  • Exod 3:1-2 : 1 Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that the bush was burning with fire, but it was not consumed.
  • 1 Sam 17:34-35 : 34 David said to Saul, 'Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,' 35 'I went after it, struck it, and rescued the lamb from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its mane, struck it, and killed it.'
  • Ps 78:70-71 : 70 He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds. 71 From tending the nursing ewes, He brought him to shepherd Jacob, His people, and Israel, His inheritance.

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  • Luke 2:9-20
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    85%

    9Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

    10But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that is for all the people.

    11Today, in the city of David, a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

    12This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

    13Suddenly, there was with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:

    14"Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to those on whom his favor rests."

    15When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

    16So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.

    17When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child.

    18And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them.

    19But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.

    20The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

  • Luke 2:4-7
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    4So Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he belonged to the house and line of David.

    5He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.

    6While they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

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

  • Matt 2:1-14
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    1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea during the reign of King Herod, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem.

    2They asked, 'Where is the newborn King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.'

    3When King Herod heard this, he was deeply troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

    4He called together all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Christ was to be born.

    5They replied, 'In Bethlehem of Judea, because this is what was written by the prophet:

    6'And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you will come a ruler who will shepherd My people Israel.'

    7Then Herod secretly called the magi and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

    8He sent them to Bethlehem and said, 'Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that I too may go and worship Him.'

    9After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and behold, the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

    10When they saw the star, they were overjoyed with great emotion.

    11Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary His mother, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

    12And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another route.

    13After they departed, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, 'Get up, take the child and His mother, and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him.'

    14So Joseph got up, took the child and His mother during the night, and departed for Egypt.

  • Jer 6:3
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    3Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents surrounding her and graze, each in his place.

  • 1 Sam 25:16
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    16They were a wall of protection around us, both night and day, the whole time we were with them tending the sheep.

  • Matt 1:22-23
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    22All this happened to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

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  • Matt 1:18
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    18Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened in this way: When his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

  • Matt 1:20
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    20But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.'

  • Ezek 34:7
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    7Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

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    79to shine on those who live in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

  • Isa 9:2
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    2You have multiplied the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder.

  • Gen 46:32
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    32The men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along their flocks, herds, and everything they own.

  • Luke 1:26
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    26In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

  • Luke 2:1
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    1At that time, a decree was issued by Caesar Augustus that the entire Roman world should be registered.

  • Jer 33:12
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    12This is what the Lord Almighty says: In this desolate place, without people or animals, and in all its towns, there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.

  • Ezek 34:9
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    9therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD.

  • Luke 2:32
    67%

    32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel."

  • Jer 25:35
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    35The shepherds will have no refuge, and the leaders of the flock will find no escape.

  • Ps 8:7
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    7You made him ruler over the works of Your hands; You put everything under his feet—

  • Matt 2:22
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    22But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee.

  • Matt 2:19
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    19After the death of Herod, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

  • Acts 12:6
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    6The night before Herod was to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards stood watch in front of the door of the prison.