# Luke 2:20

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

— Luke 2:20, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Bethlehem** (Judea · today Bethlehem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/bethlehem

## Who appears

- **Jesus** (the Christ) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/jesus

## When

- 6-4 BC? (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Luke 2:1-2 dates itself by the census of Quirinius. Josephus (Antiquities XVIII.1) puts that census in AD 6; Matthew 2 puts the birth under Herod, who died in 4 BC.

## Who ruled

- **Augustus**, emperor of Rome, 27 BC – AD 14 · Source: Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Augustus; Res Gestae Divi Augusti
- **Herod the Great**, king of Judea, 37-4 BC · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XIV-XVII
- **Archelaus**, ethnarch of Judea, 4 BC – AD 6 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.13; Jewish War II.7
- **Herod Antipas**, tetrarch of Galilee, 4 BC – AD 39 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- **Philip**, tetrarch of Ituraea, 4 BC – AD 34 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4

## See also

- Psalms 106:48 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/106/48
- Acts 11:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/18
- 1 Chronicles 29:10-12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/29/10
- Psalms 72:17-19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/72/17
- Isaiah 29:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/29/19
- Matthew 9:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/9/8
- Psalms 107:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/107/8
- Psalms 107:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/107/15

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2/20
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2
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