King James Version
Luke 2:18 in the King James Version says “And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.” — study this verse from Luke chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.”
Luke 2:18 · KJV
And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
But Mary kept all these things , and pondered them in her heart.
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“those things which”
G3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
“at”
G4012properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive cas
“those things which”
G3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
“by”
G5259under, i.e., (with the genitive case) of place (beneath), or with verbs (the agency or means, through); (with the accusative case) of place (whither (
“those things which”
G3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
“them”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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