Luke 2:15 - English Majority Text Version 2009

So it was, when the angels had departed from them into heaven, that the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go then to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing (saying) that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.

American Standard Version (1901)

And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

Common English Bible

When the angels returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go right now to Bethlehem and see what’s happened. Let’s confirm what the Lord has revealed to us.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And it happened that, when the Angels had departed from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us cross over to Bethlehem and see this word, which has happened, which the Lord has revealed to us."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And it came to pass, after the angels departed from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another: Let us go over to Bethlehem, and let us see this word that is come to pass, which the Lord hath shewed to us.

Luke 2:15 Cross References

Matthew 12:42

The queen of the South shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and she shall condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater[ than] Solomon [is] here.

Luke 2:14

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"

Luke 2:16

And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Baby lying in a manger.

Luke 24:51

And it happened, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and was carried up into heaven.

1 Peter 3:22

who having gone into heaven, is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers being subjected to Him.