According to Luke chapter 2: yes, the angel did visit the shepherds near Bethlehem. However, the question may be whether this really did happen. Scholars say that the story is unlikely to have been true.
The shepherds were 'living out of doors', keeping watch over their sheep in the fields all night.(Luke 2:8-16)
They would have been on the out skirts of Bethlehem watching over their sheep.
Yes they did.
The bible only says a angel spoke to the shepherds to go and see the baby Jesus in Bethlehem, Michael is not named.
After Jesus' birth in Bethlehem, the shepherds were the first to visit him, according to the New Testament. The angels announced the birth to the shepherds, who then went to see Jesus in the manger.
The shepherds learned of Jesus' birth through an angel who appeared to them while they were out in the fields watching over their flock during the night. The angel told them the good news of the birth of the Savior and directed them to find the baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger in Bethlehem.
They were shepherds from Bethlehem.
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The angel on the top of Christmas trees symbolizes the angel that came to see the shepherds. The angel showed the shepherds where Jesus was.
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The shepherds were to look in Bethlehem for a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger.
The angel did not tell the shepherds to follow anything at all. They agreed amongst themselves to go and see the Baby.In Luke 2:15 it states that the shepherds spoke to one another and said "let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has revealed to us".There was a Star that was followed by the wise men from the east who saw it in the sky and understood this phenomenon was a sign of the birth of the King of the Jews and they followedthis Star on their journey.
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The shepherds visited him in a different account.
The shepherds believed the angels' message because they immediately went to Bethlehem to see the newborn baby, Jesus, for themselves. Their actions demonstrated that they trusted the message they had received from the angels.