The Meaning of Luke 2:18 Explained

Luke 2:18

KJV: And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

YLT: And all who heard, did wonder concerning the things spoken by the shepherds unto them;

Darby: And all who heard it wondered at the things said to them by the shepherds.

ASV: And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by the shepherds.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  all  they that heard  [it] wondered  at  those things which  were told  them  by  the shepherds. 

What does Luke 2:18 Mean?

Context Summary

Luke 2:15-24 - Welcomed Named Presented
From April till the autumn the flocks pastured at night in the open fields, from which it seems probable that our Lord must have been born earlier or later than December. No doubt these shepherds were, like Simeon, "waiting for the consolation of Israel," and their purity of life and simplicity of soul well qualified them to receive the blessed tidings of the angels. First simplicity and afterward science, Matthew 2:1-23, found their way into the presence of Jesus.
In the act of circumcision, our Lord admitted His obligation to fulfill the whole Law, Galatians 5:3. He was "made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law," Galatians 4:4-5. Mary could afford only the gift of the poor, Leviticus 12:6-8; Leviticus 5:7-11; 2 Corinthians 8:9. The precious name of Jesus-Savior-is the name above every name, Acts 4:10-12. [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 2

1  Augustus taxes all the Roman empire
6  The nativity of Jesus
8  An angel relates it to the shepherds, and many sing praises to God for it
15  The shepherds glorify God
21  Jesus is circumcised
22  Mary purified
25  Simeon and Anna prophesy of Jesus,
39  who increases in wisdom,
41  questions in the temple with the teachers,
51  and is obedient to his parents

What do the individual words in Luke 2:18 mean?

And all those having heard marveled concerning the things having been spoken by the shepherds to them
καὶ πάντες οἱ ἀκούσαντες ἐθαύμασαν περὶ τῶν λαληθέντων ὑπὸ τῶν ποιμένων πρὸς αὐτούς

οἱ  those 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἀκούσαντες  having  heard 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: ἀκουστός 
Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf.
ἐθαύμασαν  marveled 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ἐκθαυμάζω 
Sense: to wonder, wonder at, marvel.
περὶ  concerning 
Parse: Preposition
Root: περί 
Sense: about, concerning, on account of, because of, around, near.
τῶν  the  things 
Parse: Article, Genitive Neuter Plural
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
λαληθέντων  having  been  spoken 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Passive, Genitive Neuter Plural
Root: ἀπολαλέω 
Sense: to utter a voice or emit a sound.
ποιμένων  shepherds 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Plural
Root: ποιμήν  
Sense: a herdsman, esp. a shepherd.

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