According to the Gospels, yes.
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.
I could find no record of Jesus meeting a shepherd. He is regarded as a shepherd of mankind. Possibly you mean the shepherds who came when Jesus was born, that was in Bethlehem.
Candy canes represent the a shepherd's crook, like the three shepherds that came to visit Jesus when he was born.
no.............. jesus was born even before we came to be.
It was more like the sheep with Jesus as the Good Shepherd.
The shepherds did not give Jesus gifts. The wise men from the east gave Jesus gifts of gold, frankincence, and myrrh. He was about two years old when they came.
We really have no idea. We do not know how many shepherds came to see Jesus and we are not sure of how many wise men came to see Jesus. There were three gifts, but that does not tell us how many wise men there were.
Because the Angel of the Lord told them - in Luke 2 10. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
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.
Like the number of wise-men, the number of shepherds is not recorded.
2 : Old - about God, before Jesus came. New - about Jesus, after he was born. TH
God put four Gospels in our bible to fill out the story of Jesus Christ. In the Gospel of Matthew we have the birth of Jesus and Matthew tells us about the wise men who came from the East to pay homage to the new born King. If we did not have the Gospel of Luke then we would only know of the Wise Men. But Luke fills in another portion of the birth of Jesus by telling us of the shepherds who came to see Jesus also and pay homage to Him in the manger as it was told to them by God. You see there were two groups of people who came to see Jesus, the new born King. First it was the shepherds who came to see Jesus on the night He was born and then some time later (less than two years as some say) the Wise men from the East came to see Jesus. They had traveled many, many miles taking many days and perhaps several months following a star that guided them to first Jerusalem and then to Bethlehem where Jesus was born. That is the difference the two Gospels show us to give us a bigger story.