Luke 2:20
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And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

Luke 18:43 And immediately he saw and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

Luke 19:37,38 And when he was now coming near the descent of Mount Olivet, the whole multitude of his disciples began with joy to praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works they had seen, . . .

1 Chronicles 29:10-12 And he blessed the Lord before all the multitude, and he said: Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of Israel, our father from eternity to eternity. . . .

Psalm 72:17-19 Let his name be blessed for evermore: his name continueth before the sun. And in him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed: all nations shall magnify him. . . .

Psalm 106:48 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say: So be it, so be it.

Psalm 107:8,15,21 Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful works to the children of men. . . .

Isaiah 29:19 And the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Acts 2:46,47 And continuing daily with one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house, they took their meat with gladness and simplicity of heart: . . .

Acts 11:18 Having heard these things, they held their peace and glorified God, saying: God then hath also to the Gentiles given repentance, unto life.

Context
The Shepherds and the Angels
19But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart. 20And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. 21And after eight days were accomplished, that the child should be circumcised, his name was called JESUS, which was called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.…
Cross References
Matthew 9:8
And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such power to men.

Mark 1:7
And he preached, saying: There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

Lexicon
The
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

shepherds
ποιμένες (poimenes)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4166: A shepherd; hence met: of the feeder, protector, and ruler of a flock of men. Of uncertain affinity; a shepherd.

returned,
ὑπέστρεψαν (hypestrepsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5290: To turn back, return. From hupo and strepho; to turn under, i.e. To return.

glorifying
δοξάζοντες (doxazontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1392: To glorify, honor, bestow glory on. From doxa; to render glorious.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

praising
αἰνοῦντες (ainountes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 134: To praise. From ainos; to praise.

God
Θεὸν (Theon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

for
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

all
πᾶσιν (pasin)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

they had heard
ἤκουσαν (ēkousan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

seen,
εἶδον (eidon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

which was just as
καθὼς (kathōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.

[the angel] had told
ἐλαλήθη (elalēthē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

them.
αὐτούς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


Additional Translations
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all things which they had heard and seen, as it was said to them.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told to them.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all things which they had heard and seen, as it had been said to them.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told to them.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen in accordance with the announcement made to them.

The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.

and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.
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