Luke 2:8

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Now there were [some] shepherds in that region who were living in the fields and guarding their flocks [of sheep] at night.

Cross References

Luke 2:7

So, she bore her firstborn Son and wrapped Him in [linen] cloths and laid Him in an animal’s feeding trough because there was no room for them in the lodge.

Luke 2:9

[Suddenly] an angel from the Lord [was seen] standing near them and the glorious presence of the Lord shone around them, and they were very afraid.