Luke 2:15 (GNV)

Passage

And it came to passe whe the Angels were gone away from them into heauen, that the shepheards sayde one to another, Let vs goe then vnto Beth-leem, and see this thing that is come to passe which the Lord hath shewed vnto vs.

Nearby Context

Luke 2:13 And straightway there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenly souldiers, praising God, and saying,

Luke 2:14 Glory be to God in the high heauens, and peace in earth, and towards men good will.

Luke 2:15 And it came to passe whe the Angels were gone away from them into heauen, that the shepheards sayde one to another, Let vs goe then vnto Beth-leem, and see this thing that is come to passe which the Lord hath shewed vnto vs.

Luke 2:16 So they came with haste, and founde both Marie and Ioseph, and the babe laid in the cratch.

Luke 2:17 And when they had seene it, they published abroade the thing, that was tolde them of that childe.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "passe", "angels", "gone", "away", "heauen", "shepheards", and "sayde". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "passe", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Glory be to God in the high..." into verse 16's "So they came with haste and founde...", so "came" and "passe" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "came" and "passe" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.