he was just a newborn child
The Gospels of Matthew and Luke each has a visitor to the baby Jesus in order to worship him.Matthew has the magi ('wise men') follow a star to worship Jesus and bring him gifts.In keeping with its theme of poverty, Luke has poor shepherds visit Jesus to worship him. The shepherds knew nothing of the star that Matthew has the magi follow, but were instead told of Jesus' birth by angels.
Like the number of wise-men, the number of shepherds is not recorded.
The shepherds visited him in a different account.
Jesus was visited by the 3 wise men who brought him gifts of Myrrh, Frankincense and gold.
The bible does not mention the number of sheperds that went to see christ .
'Shepherds' is the subject while 'Jesus' is the direct object.
It was the decree for census, no room in the inn, visit by shepherds and wise men , the flight to Egypt.
The Bible only mentions the shepherds visiting Mary, Joseph and Jesus in the stable. They were invited by the angels.(Luke 2:8-20)
The angel who announced the birth of Jesus to the shepherds was an angel of the Lord.
Candy canes represent the a shepherd's crook, like the three shepherds that came to visit Jesus when he was born.
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.
Angels appeared to the shepherds on the night Jesus was born.