Said to one another (ελαλουν προς αλληλους). Imperfect tense, inchoative, "began to speak," each to the other. It suggests also re…

The shepherds.—Some, but not the best, manuscripts give, as in the margin, “the men the shepherds,” as if to emphasize the contras…

Praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone a…

Greek Expositors: The shepherds were filled with astonishment at the things they saw and heard, and so they left their shee…

Luke does not say that the angels disappeared but that they went “into heaven.” The realization of God’s promise is expressed both here and in v.29…

After that the angels departed. Here the obedience of the shepherds is described to us. The Lord had made them witnesses of his Son to the…

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, from where they came, and which was the place of…

Angels were heralds of the newborn Savior, but they were only sent to some poor, humble, pious, industrious shepherds, who were attending to their …