Verse 8

And ther were in the same region shepherdes abydinge in the felde and watching their flocke by nyght.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 31:39-40 : 39 What soeuer was torne of beastes I broughte it not vnto ye but made it good mysilf: of my hade dydest thou requyre it whether it was stollen by daye or nyght 40 Moreouer by daye the hete consumed me and the colde by nyghte and my slepe departed fro myne eyes.
• John 10:8-9 : 8 All even as many as came before me are theves and robbers: but the shepe dyd not heare them. 9 I am the dore: by me yf eny man enter in he shalbe safe and shall goo in and out and fynde pasture. 10 The thefe cometh not but forto steale kyll and destroye. I am come that they myght have lyfe and have it more aboundantly. 11 I am ye good shepeheerd. The good shepeheerd geveth his lyfe for ye shepe. 12 An heyred servaut which is not ye shepeherd nether ye shepe are his awne seith the wolfe comynge and leveth the shepe and flyeth and the wolfe catcheth them and scattereth ye shepe.
• Exod 3:1-2 : 1 Moses kepte the shepe of Iethro his father in law preast of Madian, and he droue the flocke to the backesyde of the deserte, ad came to the moutayne of God, Horeb. 2 And the angell of the Lorde apeared vnto hi in a flame of fyre out of a bush. And he perceaued that the bush burned with fyre and consumed not.