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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.
They were shepherds from Bethlehem.
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AnswerLuke's Gospel says that Mary and Joseph travelled to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. He says that shepherds were watching their sheep in the open fields at night. This could only have occurred during the milder months of summer.
The shepherds were to look in Bethlehem for a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger.
If you are asking about the shepherds in the bible, in the New Testament there were going to see baby Jesus. There were headed to Bethlehem in Judaea.
The star in Bethlehem was the star that lead the lowly shepherds to Jesus' manger. It shone day and night, a miracle from God.
A:The star of Bethlehem is only in Matthew's Gospel and we should not place this event in Luke's Gospel, which contains an entirely different nativity story. There is no suggestion that the shepherds ever saw the star.
The citizens of heaven, the angels of God, gave a song to the newborn Christ, announcing His birth to the shepherds in the fields near Bethlehem and singing "Glory to God in the highest" proclaiming the divinity of Christ.
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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.
Pan was the god of forests, fields and fertility, representing also the shepherds and goatherds