Luke 2:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, 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

2 Kings 2:1

Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.

2 Kings 2:11

As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven.

Psalm 111:2

Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them.

Exodus 3:3

Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sight and see why the bush is not burned up.”

Matthew 12:42

The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and indeed something greater than Solomon is here!

Luke 2:14

“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!”

Luke 2:16

So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph and the child lying in the manger.

Luke 24:51

While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven.

1 Peter 3:22

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him.