Luke 2:8
“And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And there were in the same country shepherds,.... For Bethlehem was a place of pasture: near to Ephrata, the same with…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The same country - Round about Bethlehem. Shepherds - Men who tended flocks of sheep. Abiding in the field - Remaining…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
There were - shepherds abiding in the field - There is no intimation here that these shepherds were exposed to the open…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Luke 2:8-20
The meanest circumstances of Christ's humiliation were all along attended with some discoveries of his glory, to balance…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Luke 2:8-20
The Angels to the Shepherds
8. in the same country Tradition says that they were natives of the little village Beth-zur…
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