Luke 2:20

20 The shepherds went back, singing praises to God for all they had heard and seen; it had been just as the angel had told them.

Luke 2:20 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 2:20

And the shepherds returned
From Bethlehem, to the fields, and to their flock there;

glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard;
from Joseph and Mary:

and seen;
as the babe lying in the manger:

as it was told unto them;
by the angel: they glorified God on account of the birth of the Messiah; and praised him, wondering at his grace, and the high honour put upon them, that they should be acquainted with it; and that there was such an exact agreement between the things they had seen, and the angel's account of them.

Luke 2:20 In-Context

18 All who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said.

19 Mary remembered all these things and thought deeply about them.

20 The shepherds went back, singing praises to God for all they had heard and seen; it had been just as the angel had told them.

21 A week later, when the time came for the baby to be circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given him before he had been conceived.

22 The time came for Joseph and Mary to perform the ceremony of purification, as the Law of Moses commanded. So they took the child to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,