Luke 2:8

6 While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born.

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

And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.

9 Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:

Her forteller Bibelen en historie om noen andre. Spør deg selv hva den kan si oss i dag. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB
Og det var noen hyrder der på stedet, som var ute på marken og holdt nattevakt over sin flokk.
OTB
I samme område var det noen hyrder som var ute på marken og holdt nattevakt over flokken sin.
B1930
Og det var nogen hyrder der på stedet, som var ute på marken og holdt nattevakt over sin hjord.
BSB
And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
KJV
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
WEB
There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
ASV
And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
DARBY
And there were shepherds in that country abiding without, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
BLB
And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the fields and keeping watch by night over their flock.

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Kryssreferanser

  • Psalms 78:70–71

    He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

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  • Genesis 31:39–40

    I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.

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  • John 10:8–12

    All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:34–35

    David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,

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  • Ezekiel 34:8

    ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,

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  • Exodus 3:1–2

    Meanwhile, 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.

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